{"cve":"CVE-2024-40967","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:18.480","modified":"2026-06-17T07:46:58.863","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty\n\nBy waiting at most 1 second for USR2_TXDC to be set, we avoid a potential\ndeadlock.\n\nIn case of the timeout, there is not much we can do, so we simply ignore\nthe transmitter state and optimistically try to continue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b2c95547427c358f45515a9f144efee95e3701","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2b9ab6d0b26f16cd38dd9fd91d51899635f7c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9e70c68b7ace0141fe3bc94bf7b61296b71916","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982ae3376c4c91590d38dc8a676c10f7df048a44","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e533e4c62e9993e62e947ae9bbec34e4c7ae81c2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40967","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12798,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}