Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-9387737
  • published11 Mar 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2023

Introduced: 12 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-1079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched package and not the kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched package as distributed by RHEL.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the work_struct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a use-after-free on the struct asus_kbd_leds *led structure. A malicious USB device may exploit the issue to cause memory corruption with controlled data.