{"cve":"CVE-2024-47141","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-11T13:15:21.830","modified":"2026-10-30T13:17:36.980","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npinmux: Use sequential access to access desc->pinmux data\n\nWhen two client of the same gpio call pinctrl_select_state() for the\nsame functionality, we are seeing NULL pointer issue while accessing\ndesc->mux_owner.\n\nLet's say two processes A, B executing in pin_request() for the same pin\nand process A updates the desc->mux_usecount but not yet updated the\ndesc->mux_owner while process B see the desc->mux_usecount which got\nupdated by A path and further executes strcmp and while accessing\ndesc->mux_owner it crashes with NULL pointer.\n\nSerialize the access to mux related setting with a mutex lock.\n\n\tcpu0 (process A)\t\t\tcpu1(process B)\n\npinctrl_select_state() {\t\t  pinctrl_select_state() {\n  pin_request() {\t\t\t\tpin_request() {\n  ...\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ....\n    } else {\n         desc->mux_usecount++;\n    \t\t\t\t\t\tdesc->mux_usecount && strcmp(desc->mux_owner, owner)) {\n\n         if (desc->mux_usecount > 1)\n               return 0;\n         desc->mux_owner = owner;\n\n  }\t\t\t\t\t\t}","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/2da32aed4a97ca1d70fb8b77926f72f30ce5fb4b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a3e85c3c397c781393ea5fb2f45b1f60f8a4e6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11e2ec9a780f54982a187ee10ffd1b810715c85","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d25e45dcf8e32062f7935e4ba154869043812ab6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-30T13:47:47.119061695+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-47141","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06925,"date":"2026-10-30"},"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."]}