Vulnerability CVE-2024-27072


Published: 2024-05-01

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

Remove locks calls in usbtv_video_free() because
are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000
Also remove usbtv_stop() call since it will be called when
unregistering the device.

Before 'c838530d230b' this issue would only be noticed if you
disconnect while streaming and now it is noticeable even when
disconnecting while not streaming.


[hverkuil: fix minor spelling mistake in log message]

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895

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