cve/2024/CVE-2024-46868.md

### [CVE-2024-46868](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46868)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:firmware: qcom: uefisecapp: Fix deadlock in qcuefi_acquire()If the __qcuefi pointer is not set, then in the original code, we wouldhold onto the lock.  That means that if we tried to set it later, thenit would cause a deadlock.  Drop the lock on the error path.  That'swhat all the callers are expecting.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds