CVE-2024-32936 media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Fix races while restarting DMA
A race condition in the TI J721E CSI2RX DMA driver can cause kernel crashes, requiring a patch to synchronize DMA restart operations.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-32936?
CVE-2024-32936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 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:
media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Fix races while restarting DMA
After the frame is submitted to DMA, it may happen that the submitted list is not updated soon enough, and the DMA callback is triggered before that.
This can lead to kernel crashes, so move everything in a single lock/unlock section to prevent such races.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32936?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-32936?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-32936 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32936 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-32936, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32936, GHSA-g2wh-wm7q-vpch, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32936.