Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.13.1. The affected element is the function uvc_probe of the component uvcvideo. Such manipulation leads to deadlock. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-58059. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.13.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function uvc_probe of the component uvcvideo. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deadlock vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-833. The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock during uvc_probe If uvc_probe() fails, it can end up calling uvc_status_unregister() before uvc_status_init() is called. Fix this by checking if dev->status is NULL or not in uvc_status_unregister().

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-58059 since 03/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 250003 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-58059), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.13.2 or 6.14-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch db577ededf3a18b39567fc1a6209f12a0c4a3c52/a67f75c2b5ecf534eab416ce16c11fe780c4f8f6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (250003) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0499). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.13.0
• 6.13.1

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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