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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47437

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adis16475: fix deadlock on frequency set With commit 39c024b51b560 ("iio: adis16475: improve sync scale mode handling"), two deadlocks were introduced: 1) The call to 'adis_write_reg_16()' was not changed to it's unlocked version. 2) The lock was not being released on the success path of the function. This change fixes both these issues.

Products
linux
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.14.16-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-47437
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 02:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47437

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 May 2024, 07:15 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adis16475: fix deadlock on frequency set With commit 39c024b51b560 ("iio: adis16475: improve sync scale mode handling"), two deadlocks were introduced: 1) The call to 'adis_write_reg_16()' was not changed to it's unlocked version. 2) The lock was not being released on the success path of the function. This change fixes both these issues.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47437

linux

Fixed versions: 5.14.16-1

linux

Fixed versions: 5.14.16-1

linux

Fixed versions: 5.14.16-1

Complete source record
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