VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-40967

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-07-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty By waiting at most 1 second for USR2_TXDC to be set, we avoid a potential deadlock. In case of the timeout, there is not much we can do, so we simply ignore the transmitter state and optimistically try to continue.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-667

Primary references