CVE-2024-27072medium

CVE-2024-27072: medium-severity vulnerability in Linux

media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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]
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.htmlhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebdhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bfhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html