Threats tagged 'ghsa-c6r8-8m99-q662'

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel watchdog driver for msc313e was resolved. The issue involved the msc313e_wdt_settimeout() function unconditionally calling msc313e_wdt_start(), causing two bugs: an unbalanced clock reference count when the watchdog is already active, and accidental starting of the hardware timer when the watchdog is stopped. The fix involved refactoring the register-writing logic to only start the timer if the watchdog is running, otherwise just updating the timeout value.