Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-56533

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ALSA: usx2y: Use sndcardfreewhenclosed at disconnection The USB disconnect callback is supposed to be short and not too-long waiting. OTOH, the current code use...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0565-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0565-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: -...

CVE-2024-56533 ALSA: usx2y: Use snd_card_free_when_closed() at disconnection

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usx2y: Use sndcardfreewhenclosed at disconnection The USB disconnect callback is supposed to be short and not too-long waiting. OTOH, the current code uses sndcardfree at disconnection, but this waits for the close of all...

CVE-2024-56533

The CVE-2024-56533 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel’s ALSA usx2y driver. It stems from using snd_card_free() during USB disconnection, which waits for all open fds to close and can delay release, potentially blocking USB IOCTLs and causing a soft lockup. The advisory notes replacing snd_car...