{"cve":"CVE-2024-42253","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-08T09:15:08.220","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:42.283","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race\n\nEnsure that `i2c_lock' is held when setting interrupt latch and mask in\npca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock() in order to avoid races.\n\nThe other (non-probe) call site pca953x_gpio_set_multiple() ensures the\nlock is held before calling pca953x_write_regs().\n\nThe problem occurred when a request raced against irq_bus_sync_unlock()\napproximately once per thousand reboots on an i.MX8MP based system.\n\n * Normal case\n\n   0-0022: write register AI|3a {03,02,00,00,01} Input latch P0\n   0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3\n\n * Race case\n\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {03,02,00,00,01} *** Wrong register ***\n   0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58a5c93bd1a6e949267400080f07e57ffe05ec34","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfc6444b57dc7186b6acc964705d7516cbaf3904","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de7cffa53149c7b48bd1bb29b02390c9f05b7f41","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ecdddca80dd845df42376e4b0197fe97018ba2","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42253","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06693,"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."]}