CVE-2023-52847
Published: May 21, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 - < bbc3b8dd2cb7817e703f112d988e4f4728f0f2a9affected 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 - < b35fdade92c5058a5e727e233fe263b828de2c9aaffected 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 - < 2f3d9198cdae1cb079ec8652f4defacd481eab2baffected 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 - < 51c94256a83fe4e17406c66ff3e1ad7d242d8574affected 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 - < 20568d06f6069cb835e05eed432edf962645d226+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.15unaffected 0 - < 4.15unaffected 4.19.299 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.261 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.201 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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