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CVE-2024-39485: media: v4l: async: Properly re-initialise notifier entry in unregister

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l: async: Properly re-initialise notifier entry in unregister The notifier_entry of a notifier is not re-initialised after unregistering the notifier. This leads to dangling pointers being left there so use list_del_init() to return the notifier_entry an empty list.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6.34; from 6.9 before 6.9.5; 6.10.0-rc1 — fixed in 6.6.34, 6.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.34, 6.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa6cd4adfc0380fa1ccc2f146848940ff882a66
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87100b09246202a91fce4a1562955c32229173bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9537a8425a7a0222999d5839a0b394b1e8834b4a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa6cd4adfc0380fa1ccc2f146848940ff882a66
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87100b09246202a91fce4a1562955c32229173bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9537a8425a7a0222999d5839a0b394b1e8834b4a

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