{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2024-42253","published":"2024-08-08T08:46:29.284Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:25.066284993Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4100-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0034-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1"],"summary":"gpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race\n\nEnsure that `i2c_lock' is held when setting interrupt latch and mask in\npca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock() in order to avoid races.\n\nThe other (non-probe) call site pca953x_gpio_set_multiple() ensures the\nlock is held before calling pca953x_write_regs().\n\nThe problem occurred when a request raced against irq_bus_sync_unlock()\napproximately once per thousand reboots on an i.MX8MP based system.\n\n * Normal case\n\n   0-0022: write register AI|3a {03,02,00,00,01} Input latch P0\n   0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3\n\n * Race case\n\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|08 {03,02,00,00,01} *** Wrong register ***\n   0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3\n   0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"44896beae605b93f2232301befccb7ef42953198"},{"fixed":"58a5c93bd1a6e949267400080f07e57ffe05ec34"},{"fixed":"e2ecdddca80dd845df42376e4b0197fe97018ba2"},{"fixed":"de7cffa53149c7b48bd1bb29b02390c9f05b7f41"},{"fixed":"bfc6444b57dc7186b6acc964705d7516cbaf3904"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42253.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.101"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.42"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.9.11"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42253.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58a5c93bd1a6e949267400080f07e57ffe05ec34"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfc6444b57dc7186b6acc964705d7516cbaf3904"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de7cffa53149c7b48bd1bb29b02390c9f05b7f41"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ecdddca80dd845df42376e4b0197fe97018ba2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42253.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42253"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42253.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}