CVE-2019-25162

Public on 2024-02-26

Modified on 2024-02-28

Description

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

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	kernel	2022-09-01 21:09	ALAS2-2022-1838
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra	kernel	2022-09-30 07:10	ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-020
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra	kernel	2022-09-30 07:10	ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-008
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra	kernel	2022-09-30 07:10	ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-036

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H