CVE-2023-52847 Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELCORE-7783139
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52847  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5101.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

media: bttv: fix use after free error due to btv->timeout timer

There may be some a race condition between timer function bttv_irq_timeout and bttv_remove. The timer is setup in probe and there is no timer_delete operation in remove function. When it hit kfree btv, the function might still be invoked, which will cause use after free bug.

This bug is found by static analysis, it may be false positive.

Fix it by adding del_timer_sync invoking to the remove function.

cpu0 cpu1 bttv_probe ->timer_setup ->bttv_set_dma ->mod_timer; bttv_remove ->kfree(btv); ->bttv_irq_timeout ->USE btv

CVSS Scores

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