# CVE-2024-49961: media: i2c: ar0521: Use cansleep version of gpiod_set_value()

> A kernel warning and potential crash occur in the ar0521 camera driver when using GPIO reset via an I2C port expander due to incorrect function usage.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-49961, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49961, GHSA-4c63-26fj-6f7h, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-49961, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49961

## What is CVE-2024-49961?

CVE-2024-49961 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: i2c: ar0521: Use cansleep version of gpiod_set_value()

If we use GPIO reset from I2C port expander, we must use *_cansleep()
variant of GPIO functions.
This was not done in ar0521_power_on()/ar0521_power_off() functions.
Let's fix that.

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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c:3496 gpiod_set_value+0x74/0x7c
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.10.0 #53
Hardware name: Diasom DS-RK3568-SOM-EVB (DT)
Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : gpiod_set_value+0x74/0x7c
lr : ar0521_power_on+0xcc/0x290
sp : ffffff8001d7ab70
x29: ffffff8001d7ab70 x28: ffffff80027dcc90 x27: ffffff8003c82000
x26: ffffff8003ca9250 x25: ffffffc080a39c60 x24: ffffff8003ca9088
x23: ffffff8002402720 x22: ffffff8003ca9080 x21: ffffff8003ca9088
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffff8001eb2a00 x18: ffffff80efeeac80
x17: 756d2d6332692f30 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: ffffff8001d91d40 x13: 0000000000000016 x12: ffffffc080e98930
x11: ffffff8001eb2880 x10: 0000000000000890 x9 : ffffff8001d7a9f0
x8 : ffffff8001d92570 x7 : ffffff80efeeac80 x6 : 000000003fc6e780
x5 : ffffff8001d91c80 x4 : 0000000000000002 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
 gpiod_set_value+0x74/0x7c
 ar0521_power_on+0xcc/0x290
...

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49961?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49961?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49961 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49961 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49961 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-49961 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-2024-49961/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49961/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49961
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49961
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49961

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49961/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.