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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-40977"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-07-12T12:32:13.447Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:23:30.892Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-40977"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-40977.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40977"
title: "wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery\n\nDuring chip recovery (e.g. chip reset), there is a possible situation that\nkernel worker reset_work is holding the lock and waiting for kernel thread\nstat_worker to be parked, while stat_worker is waiting for the release of\nthe same lock.\nIt causes a deadlock resulting in the dumping of hung tasks messages and\npossible rebooting of the device.\n\nThis patch prevents the execution of stat_worker during the chip recovery."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0b81faa05b0b9feb3ae2d69be1d21f0d126ecb08"},{"version":"7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"85edd783f4539a994d66c4c014d5858f490b7a02"},{"version":"7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e974dd4c22a23ec3ce579fb6d31a674ac0435da9"},{"version":"7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ecf0b2b8a37c8464186620bef37812a117ff6366"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.16"},{"version":"6.1.96","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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