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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0018 7.8 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 705ececd1c60d0f5d6ef2a719008847883516970 – — Linux 2.6.30 – 4.19.320
TIMELINE Aug 21 Reserved by Linux Sep 4 Published (CNA: Linux) Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-44954 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: line6: Fix racy access to midibuf There can be concurrent accesses to line6 midibuf from both the URB completion callback and the rawmidi API access. This could be a cause of KMSAN warning triggered by syzkaller below (so put as reported-by here). This patch protects the midibuf call of the former code path with a spinlock for avoiding the possible races.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 4, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-44954 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2024-44954 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-362
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