CVE-2024-42274

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" removed the process context workqueue from...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42274

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" removed the process context workqueue from...

CVE-2024-42274

CVE-2024-42274 affects the Linux kernel’s ALSA firewire-lib. Reverting commit 7ba5ca32fe6e caused by removing the process-context workqueue from amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer() and update_pcm_pointers() introduced AB/BA deadlock competition for the substream lock, potentially freezing systems u...

CVE-2024-42274

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" removed the process context workqueue from...

CVE-2024-42274 Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context"

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" Commit 7ba5ca32fe6e "ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context" removed the process context workqueue from...

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