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GHSA-MR92-3M8F-X735

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-26 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-17 18:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: Fix a potential use after free

Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free.

[wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2019-25162 (GCVE-0-2019-25162)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-26 17:20 – Updated: 2026-08-05 08:43

Title

i2c: Fix a potential use after free

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: Fix a potential use after free Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free. [wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-19 18:51 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

8 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6…
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b13…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d082863…
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Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.3 (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.291 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.256 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.211 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.137 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.61 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.18.18 , ≤ 5.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.19.2 , ≤ 5.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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