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HistoryApr 24, 2023 - 6:15 a.m.

Design/Logic Flaw

2023-04-2406:15:00
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11
linux kernel
drivers
blocking operation
vulnerability
dvb_core
design flaw

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

An issue was discovered in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a blocking operation when a task is in !TASK_RUNNING. In dvb_frontend_get_event, wait_event_interruptible is called; the condition is dvb_frontend_test_event(fepriv,events). In dvb_frontend_test_event, down(&fepriv->sem) is called. However, wait_event_interruptible would put the process to sleep, and down(&fepriv->sem) may block the process.