CVE-2024-42090

medium

Published 2024-11-12 · Modified 2024-09-25

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER In create_pinctrl(), pinctrl_maps_mutex is acquired before calling add_setting(). If add_setting() returns -EPROBE_DEFER, create_pinctrl() calls pinctrl_free(). However, pinctrl_free() attempts to acquire pinctrl_maps_mutex, which is already held by create_pinctrl(), leading to a potential deadlock. This patch resolves the issue by releasing pinctrl_maps_mutex before calling pinctrl_free(), preventing the deadlock. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
rocky	8	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.98-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.221-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.9.8-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.9.8-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.9.8-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`4.19.317`
almalinux	8	fixed	`kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm`

References

CWEs

CWE-667

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.