CVE-2022-50542
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: si470x: Fix use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback() syzbot reported use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback() [1].
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: si470x: Fix use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback() syzbot reported use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback() [1]. This indicates that urb->context, which contains struct si470x_device object, is freed when si470x_int_in_callback() is called. The cause of this issue is that si470x_int_in_callback() is called for freed urb. si470x_usb_driver_probe() calls si470x_start_usb(), which then calls usb_submit_urb() and si470x_start(). If si470x_start_usb() fails, si470x_usb_driver_probe() doesn't kill urb, but it just frees struct si470x_device object, as depicted below: si470x_usb_driver_probe() ... si470x_start_usb() ... usb_submit_urb() retval = si470x_start() return retval if (retval < 0) free struct si470x_device object, but don't kill urb This patch fixes this issue by killing urb when si470x_start_usb() fails and urb is submitted. If si470x_start_usb() fails and urb is not submitted, i.e. submitting usb fails, it just frees struct si470x_device object.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca298d548461d29615f9a2b1309e8dcf4a352c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146bd005ebb01ae190c22af050cb98623958c373Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c6447d0fc68650e51586dde79b5090d9d77f13aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f54fe78cca24850a30865037250f63eb3d5bf7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63648a7bd1a7599bcc2040a6d1792363ae4c2e1bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c8aee0c8fcc6dda94315f7908e8fa9bc75abe75Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d21e0b1b41b21d628bf2afce777727bd4479aa5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6151b8e8dd2d98ad2cd725d26d1e103d989891Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b0888398e4ba51d93b618a6506781f4e3879c9Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.