# i3c: Use i3cdev->desc->info instead of calling i3c_device_get_info() to avoid deadlock

CVE record · `CVE-2024-43098`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-43098`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Jan 2025, 12:25 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 9a2173660ee53d5699744f02e6ab7bf89fcd0b1a` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 5ac1dd51aaa0ce8b5421d1137e857955a4b6f55e` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 2d98fa2a50b8058de52ada168fa5dbabb574711b` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 816187b1833908941286e71b0041059a4acd52ed` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before ffe19e363c6f8b992ba835a361542568dea17409` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 1f51ae217d09c361ede900b94735a6d2df6c0344` (git)
  - affected: `3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 6cf7b65f7029914dc0cd7db86fac9ee5159008c6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.0`
  - unaffected: `before 5.0` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.287 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.231 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.174 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.120 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.66 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.5 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.13 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Jan 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-43098](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43098)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-43098](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43098)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a2173660ee53d5699744f02e6ab7bf89fcd0b1a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ac1dd51aaa0ce8b5421d1137e857955a4b6f55e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d98fa2a50b8058de52ada168fa5dbabb574711b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816187b1833908941286e71b0041059a4acd52ed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffe19e363c6f8b992ba835a361542568dea17409>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f51ae217d09c361ede900b94735a6d2df6c0344>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf7b65f7029914dc0cd7db86fac9ee5159008c6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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