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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2024-27043

media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free In dvb_register_device, *pdvbdev is set equal to dvbdev, which is freed in several error-handling paths. However, *pdvbdev is not set to NULL after dvbdev's deallocation, causing use-after-frees in many places, for example, in the following call chain: budget_register |-> dvb_dmxdev_init |-> dvb_register_device |-> dvb_dmxdev_release |-> dvb_unregister_device |-> dvb_remove_device |-> dvb_device_put |-> kref_put When calling dvb_unregister_device, dmxdev->dvbdev (i.e. *pdvbdev in dvb_register_device) could point to memory that had been freed in dvb_register_device. Thereafter, this pointer is transferred to kref_put and triggering a use-after-free.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < d0f5c28333822f9baa5280d813124920720fd856affected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < f20c3270f3ed5aa6919a87e4de9bf6c05fb57086affected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 096237039d00c839f3e3a5fe6d001bf0db45b644affected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 0d3fe80b6d175c220b3e252efc6c6777e700e98eaffected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 437a111f79a2f5b2a5f21e27fdec6f40c8768712affected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 779e8db7efb22316c8581d6c229636d2f5694a62affected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 35674111a043b0482a9bc69da8850a83f465b07daffected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < b7586e902128e4fb7bfbb661cb52e4215a65637baffected
  • b61901024776b25ce7b8edc31bb1757c7382a88e to < 8c64f4cdf4e6cc5682c52523713af8c39c94e6d5affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.21affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.21unaffected
  • 4.19.311 to ≤ 4.19.*unaffected
  • 5.4.273 to ≤ 5.4.*unaffected
  • 5.10.214 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.153 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.83 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.23 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.7.11 to ≤ 6.7.*unaffected
  • 6.8.2 to ≤ 6.8.*unaffected
  • 6.9 to ≤ *unaffected

References