CVE-2024-27072

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free() Remove locks calls in usbtv_video_free() because are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000 Also remove usbtv_stop() call since it will be called when unregistering the device. Before 'c838530d230b' this issue would only be noticed if you disconnect while streaming and now it is noticeable even when disconnecting while not streaming. [hverkuil: fix minor spelling mistake in log message]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bf

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-01

Updated: 2024-10-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium