CVE-2024-42139
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.14-6.9.8 - Denial of Service via Improper Extts Event Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Fix improper extts handling Extts events are disabled and enabled by the application ts2phc. However, in case where the driver is removed when the application is running, a specific extts event remains enabled and can cause a kernel crash. As a side effect, when the driver is reloaded and application is started again, remaining extts event for the channel from a previous run will keep firing and the message "extts on unexpected channel" might be printed to the user. To avoid that, extts events shall be disabled when PTP is released.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
9.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-754
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
5.14.0 - 6.9.9linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.14
Linux/Linux
172db5f91d5f7b91670c68a7547798b0b5374158 - 00d3b4f54582d4e4a02cda5886bb336eeab268cc
Linux/Linux
172db5f91d5f7b91670c68a7547798b0b5374158 - 9f69b31ae9e25dec27ad31fbc64dd99af16ee3d3
Linux/Linux
5.14
Linux/Linux
6.10
Linux/Linux
6.9.9 - 6.9.*
linux/linux_kernel
6.10 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
5.14 - 6.9.9
Published
Jul 30, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026