UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1079
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.
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1079
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1079
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6033-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6171-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6172-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6185-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6187-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6207-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6222-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6223-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6256-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6604-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6604-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1079