Medium 5.5Published May 1, 2024

CVE-2024-27072media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:40 PM ET)

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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() because are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000 Also remove usbtv_stop() call since it will be called when unregistering the device. Before 'c838530d230b' this issue would only be noticed if you disconnect while streaming and now it is noticeable even when disconnecting while not streaming. [hverkuil: fix minor spelling mistake in log message]

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before 4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9; from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebd; from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7; from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bf; from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before 3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2; from f3d27f34fdd7701e499617d2c1d94480a98f6d07 before 65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.11 before 5.10.227; from 5.11 before 5.15.168; from 5.16 before 6.1.113; from 6.2 before 6.6.55; from 6.7 before 6.8.2	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebd	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bf	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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