{"cve":"CVE-2024-42274","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T09:15:08.530","modified":"2026-06-17T07:49:09.253","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRevert \"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event in process context\"\n\nCommit 7ba5ca32fe6e (\"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period elapse event\nin process context\") removed the process context workqueue from\namdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer() and update_pcm_pointers() to remove\nits overhead.\n\nWith RME Fireface 800, this lead to a regression since\nKernels 5.14.0, causing an AB/BA deadlock competition for the\nsubstream lock with eventual system freeze under ALSA operation:\n\nthread 0:\n    * (lock A) acquire substream lock by\n\tsnd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in\n\tsnd_pcm_status64()\n    * (lock B) wait for tasklet to finish by calling\n    \ttasklet_unlock_spin_wait() in\n\ttasklet_disable_in_atomic() in\n\tohci_flush_iso_completions() of ohci.c\n\nthread 1:\n    * (lock B) enter tasklet\n    * (lock A) attempt to acquire substream lock,\n    \twaiting for it to be released:\n\tsnd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in\n    \tsnd_pcm_period_elapsed() in\n\tupdate_pcm_pointers() in\n\tprocess_ctx_payloads() in\n\tprocess_rx_packets() of amdtp-stream.c\n\n? tasklet_unlock_spin_wait\n </NMI>\n <TASK>\nohci_flush_iso_completions firewire_ohci\namdtp_domain_stream_pcm_pointer snd_firewire_lib\nsnd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0 snd_pcm\nsnd_pcm_status64 snd_pcm\n\n? native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath\n </NMI>\n <IRQ>\n_raw_spin_lock_irqsave\nsnd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_pcm\nprocess_rx_packets snd_firewire_lib\nirq_target_callback snd_firewire_lib\nhandle_it_packet firewire_ohci\ncontext_tasklet firewire_ohci\n\nRestore the process context work queue to prevent deadlock\nAB/BA deadlock competition for ALSA substream lock of\nsnd_pcm_stream_lock_irq() in snd_pcm_status64()\nand snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave() in snd_pcm_period_elapsed().\n\nrevert commit 7ba5ca32fe6e (\"ALSA: firewire-lib: operate for period\nelapse event in process context\")\n\nReplace inline description to prevent future deadlock.","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/36c255db5a25edd42d1aca48e38b8e95ee5fd9ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dab73ab925a51ab05543b491bf17463a48ca323","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c07220cf634002f93a87ca2252a32766850f2d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b239a37d68e8bc59f9516444da222841e3b13ba9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5043e69aeb2786f32e84132817a007a6430aa7d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42274","score":0.00169,"percentile":0.06245,"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."]}