# CVE-2024-42319: mailbox: mtk-cmdq: Move devm_mbox_controller_register() after devm_pm_runtime_enable()

> A race condition in the MediaTek CMDQ mailbox driver causes a kernel warning and potential instability during device unbinding, requiring a patch to reorder initialization steps.

- **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:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-42319, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42319, GHSA-58m4-2cjm-4j54, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-42319, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-42319, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42319

## What is CVE-2024-42319?

CVE-2024-42319 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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:

mailbox: mtk-cmdq: Move devm_mbox_controller_register() after devm_pm_runtime_enable()

When mtk-cmdq unbinds, a WARN_ON message with condition
pm_runtime_get_sync() < 0 occurs.

According to the call tracei below:
  cmdq_mbox_shutdown
  mbox_free_channel
  mbox_controller_unregister
  __devm_mbox_controller_unregister
  ...

The root cause can be deduced to be calling pm_runtime_get_sync() after
calling pm_runtime_disable() as observed below:
1. CMDQ driver uses devm_mbox_controller_register() in cmdq_probe()
   to bind the cmdq device to the mbox_controller, so
   devm_mbox_controller_unregister() will automatically unregister
   the device bound to the mailbox controller when the device-managed
   resource is removed. That means devm_mbox_controller_unregister()
   and cmdq_mbox_shoutdown() will be called after cmdq_remove().
2. CMDQ driver also uses devm_pm_runtime_enable() in cmdq_probe() after
   devm_mbox_controller_register(), so that devm_pm_runtime_disable()
   will be called after cmdq_remove(), but before
   devm_mbox_controller_unregister().

To fix this problem, cmdq_probe() needs to move
devm_mbox_controller_register() after devm_pm_runtime_enable() to make
devm_pm_runtime_disable() be called after
devm_mbox_controller_unregister().

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42319?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42319?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-42319 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42319 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42319 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42319 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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-2024-42319 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-2024-42319/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42319/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42319
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42319
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42319

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42319/
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