# CVE-2024-44962: Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Shutdown timer and prevent rearming when driver unloading

> A race condition in the btnxpuart driver causes a kernel panic when unloading the module, 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:** 4 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49980, BELL-CVE-2024-44962, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44962, GHSA-qqj2-pmc2-p5vr, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-44962, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44962

## What is CVE-2024-44962?

CVE-2024-44962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 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:

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Shutdown timer and prevent rearming when driver unloading

When unload the btnxpuart driver, its associated timer will be deleted.
If the timer happens to be modified at this moment, it leads to the
kernel call this timer even after the driver unloaded, resulting in
kernel panic.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() instead of del_timer_sync() to prevent rearming.

panic log:
  Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000007 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
  Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg moal(O) mlan(O) crct10dif_ce polyval_ce polyval_generic   snd_soc_imx_card snd_soc_fsl_asoc_card snd_soc_imx_audmux mxc_jpeg_encdec v4l2_jpeg snd_soc_wm8962 snd_soc_fsl_micfil   snd_soc_fsl_sai flexcan snd_soc_fsl_utils ap130x rpmsg_ctrl imx_pcm_dma can_dev rpmsg_char pwm_fan fuse [last unloaded:   btnxpuart]
  CPU: 5 PID: 723 Comm: memtester Tainted: G           O       6.6.23-lts-next-06207-g4aef2658ac28 #1
  Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)
  pstate: 20400009 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
  pc : 0xffff80007a2cf464
  lr : call_timer_fn.isra.0+0x24/0x80
...
  Call trace:
   0xffff80007a2cf464
   __run_timers+0x234/0x280
   run_timer_softirq+0x20/0x40
   __do_softirq+0x100/0x26c
   ____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c
   call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x4c
   do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x2c
   irq_exit_rcu+0xc0/0xdc
   el0_interrupt+0x54/0xd8
   __el0_irq_handler_common+0x18/0x24
   el0t_64_irq_handler+0x10/0x1c
   el0t_64_irq+0x190/0x194
  Code: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? (????????)
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt
  SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
  Kernel Offset: disabled
  CPU features: 0x0,c0000000,40028143,1000721b
  Memory Limit: none
  ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44962?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44962?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-44962 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44962 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-2024-44962 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 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-2024-44962 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-2024-44962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44962/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44962
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44962
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44962

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44962/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.