CVE-2024-40967

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: July 12, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty By waiting at most 1 second for USR2_TXDC to be set, we avoid a potential deadlock. In case of the timeout, there is not much we can do, so we simply ignore the transmitter state and optimistically try to continue.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b2c95547427c358f45515a9f144efee95e3701
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2b9ab6d0b26f16cd38dd9fd91d51899635f7c7
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9e70c68b7ace0141fe3bc94bf7b61296b71916
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982ae3376c4c91590d38dc8a676c10f7df048a44
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e533e4c62e9993e62e947ae9bbec34e4c7ae81c2
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b2c95547427c358f45515a9f144efee95e3701
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2b9ab6d0b26f16cd38dd9fd91d51899635f7c7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9e70c68b7ace0141fe3bc94bf7b61296b71916
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982ae3376c4c91590d38dc8a676c10f7df048a44
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e533e4c62e9993e62e947ae9bbec34e4c7ae81c2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
0th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

linux