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Tracker / CVE-2024-42090

CVE-2024-42090

Medium 5.5

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.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · 3.10 → 4.19.317
linux linux_kernel · 4.20 → 5.4.279
linux linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.162
linux linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.97
linux linux_kernel · 5.5 → 5.10.221
linux linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.37
linux linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.9.8

Analysis

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