CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-42139

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-07-30 Modified 2026-10-21 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-07-30
Last modified
2026-10-21
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-754

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Fix improper extts handling Extts events are disabled and enabled by the application ts2phc. However, in case where the driver is removed when the application is running, a specific extts event remains enabled and can cause a kernel crash. As a side effect, when the driver is reloaded and application is started again, remaining extts event for the channel from a previous run will keep firing and the message "extts on unexpected channel" might be printed to the user. To avoid that, extts events shall be disabled when PTP is released.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.14 < 6.9.9) • linux linux kernel 6.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness

References