CVE-2025-37968 iio: light: opt3001: fix deadlock due to concurrent flag access

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Multiple CVEs Address Deadlocks in Kernel Components Three new CVEs have been published addressing deadlock issues in various kernel components. CVE-2024-58088 resolves a deadlock when freeing cgroup storage, CVE-2025-68823 fixes a deadlock when reading the partition table, and CVE-2025-68336 addresses a data race in the locking mechanism. These vulnerabilities affect kernel operations and could impact system stability. 6 sources 41