CVE-2024-27072

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 24
Modified
Published: 01 May 2024, 13:04
Last modified:12 May 2026, 11:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
<0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 May 2024, 13:04
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 11:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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]

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 1%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-667•Improper Locking

    The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux

    ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < 4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9 | ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebd | ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7 | ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bf | ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < 3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2 | ≥ f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07, < 65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895 | 3.11

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.11, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.2

References (9)