cve/2024/CVE-2024-27072.md
2025-09-29 21:09:30 +02:00

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CVE-2024-27072

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() becauseare useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here:https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000Also remove usbtv_stop() call since it will be called whenunregistering the device.Before 'c838530d230b' this issue would only be noticed if youdisconnect while streaming and now it is noticeable even whendisconnecting while not streaming.[hverkuil: fix minor spelling mistake in log message]

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