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CVE-2024-27072

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-27072 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's usbtv driver, specifically in the usbtv_video_free() function. It involves the presence of useless locks that could lead to a deadlock, particularly when disconnecting a USB TV device. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.11, < 5.10.227CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.168CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.113CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.55CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

9001patch availablevia llm_extracted
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gatsbyjspatch availablevia llm_extracted
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joinmastodonpatch availablevia llm_extracted
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mariadbpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (5)

gatsbyjsllm-gatsbyjs-d2a2db116f1afcf5CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
9001llm-9001-fecf0327d92708b9CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
joinmastodonllm-joinmastodon-9b2d3b3c900c6299CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
mariadbllm-mariadb-7e20cc2309665f3eCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP6 Security Updates

Mar 3, 2025
redhatCVE-2024-27072Moderate

kernel: media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

May 1, 2024

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3e7d82ebb86e94643bdb30b0b5b077ed27dce1c2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4ec4641df57cbdfdc51bb4959afcdbcf5003ddb9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/65e6a2773d655172143cc0b927cdc89549842895
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bdd82c47b22a8befd617b723098b2a41b77373c7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d5ed208d04acf06781d63d30f9fa991e8d609ebd
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dea46e246ef0f98d89d59a4229157cd9ffb636bf
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html