CVE-2024-42290

The irqchip/imx-irqsteer driver vulnerability in the Linux kernel was caused by improper handling of runtime power management, which led to sleeping functions being invoked during atomic contexts. This triggered a scheduling while atomic bug, resulting in system instability on platforms like i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 & 8 is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.