# CVE-2024-27003: clk: Get runtime PM before walking tree for clk_summary

> A race condition in the Linux kernel clock subsystem can cause a deadlock when accessing clk_summary via debugfs, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-27003, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27003, GHSA-vq68-hhvf-c7xp, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27003

## What is CVE-2024-27003?

CVE-2024-27003 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

clk: Get runtime PM before walking tree for clk_summary

Similar to the previous commit, we should make sure that all devices are
runtime resumed before printing the clk_summary through debugfs. Failure
to do so would result in a deadlock if the thread is resuming a device
to print clk state and that device is also runtime resuming in another
thread, e.g the screen is turning on and the display driver is starting
up. We remove the calls to clk_pm_runtime_{get,put}() in this path
because they're superfluous now that we know the devices are runtime
resumed. This also squashes a bug where the return value of
clk_pm_runtime_get() wasn't checked, leading to an RPM count underflow
on error paths.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27003?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27003?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-27003 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27003 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27003 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27003/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27003
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27003
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27003/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.