CVE-2024-42090

A deadlock flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s pinctrl subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. Mitigation Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and...

CVE-2024-42090 pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: fix deadlock in createpinctrl when handling -EPROBEDEFER In createpinctrl, pinctrlmapsmutex is acquired before calling addsetting. If addsetting returns -EPROBEDEFER, createpinctrl calls pinctrlfree. However, pinctrlfree...