Vulnerability CVE-2024-42129


Published: 2024-07-30

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

leds: mlxreg: Use devm_mutex_init() for mutex initialization

In this driver LEDs are registered using devm_led_classdev_register()
so they are automatically unregistered after module's remove() is done.
led_classdev_unregister() calls module's led_set_brightness() to turn off
the LEDs and that callback uses mutex which was destroyed already
in module's remove() so use devm API instead.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b62888307ae44b68512d3f7735c26a4c8e45b51
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc347b9efee1c2b081f5281d33be4559fa50a16

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