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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9ef, 3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323, 7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9ef, 3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323, 7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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 amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer() and update_pcm_pointers() to remove its overhead. With RME Fireface 800, this lead to a regression since Kernels 5.14.0, causing an AB/BA deadlock competition for the substream lock with eventual system freeze under ALSA operation: thread 0: * (lock A) acquire substream lock by snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in snd_pcm_status64() * (lock B) wait for tasklet to finish by calling tasklet_unlock_spin_wait() in tasklet_disable_in_atomic() in ohci_flush_iso_completions() of ohci.c thread 1: * (lock B) enter tasklet * (lock A) attempt to acquire substream lock, waiting for it to be released: snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in snd_pcm_period_elapsed() in update_pcm_pointers() in process_ctx_payloads() in process_rx_packets() of amdtp-stream.c ? tasklet_unlock_spin_wait </NMI> <TASK> ohci_flush_iso_completions firewire_ohci amdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer snd_firewire_lib snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0 snd_pcm snd_pcm_status64 snd_pcm ? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath </NMI> <IRQ> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave snd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_pcm process_rx_packets snd_firewire_lib irq_target_callback snd_firewire_lib handle_it_packet firewire_ohci context_tasklet firewire_ohci Restore the process context work queue to prevent deadlock AB/BA deadlock competition for ALSA substream lock of snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in snd_pcm_status64() and snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in snd_pcm_period_elapsed(). revert commit 7ba5ca32fe6e ("ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context") Replace inline description to prevent future deadlock.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 17, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.14 and later · before 5.15.165
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.104
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.45
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.10.4
  • linux linux kernel6.11

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.14affected
    • 7ba5ca32fe6e8d2e153fb5602997336517b34743 and later · before 7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1affected · git
    • 7ba5ca32fe6e8d2e153fb5602997336517b34743 and later · before b239a37d68e8bc59f9516444da222841e3b13ba9affected · git
    • 7ba5ca32fe6e8d2e153fb5602997336517b34743 and later · before f5043e69aeb2786f32e84132817a007a6430aa7daffected · git
    • 7ba5ca32fe6e8d2e153fb5602997336517b34743 and later · before 36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9efaffected · git
    • 7ba5ca32fe6e8d2e153fb5602997336517b34743 and later · before 3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323affected · git
    • before 5.14not affected · semver
    • 5.15.165 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 6.1.104 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.45 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.106-16.1.106-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.10.4-16.10.4-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-42271Aug 17, 2024 · net/iucv: fix use after free in iucv_sock_close()
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-42273Aug 17, 2024 · f2fs: assign CURSEG_ALL_DATA_ATGC if blkaddr is valid
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-42275Aug 17, 2024 · drm/client: Fix error code in drm_client_buffer_vmap_local()
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9efVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb239a37d68e8bc59f9516444da222841e3b13ba9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf5043e69aeb2786f32e84132817a007a6430aa7dVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.106-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-667 · Improper Locking

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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