Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8192e: Fix use after free in _rtl92e_pci_disconnect()
The free_rtllib() function frees the “dev” pointer so there is use after free on the next line. Re-arrange things to avoid that.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux-hwe @ 4.15.0 (+10 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8192e: Fix use after free in _rtl92e_pci_disconnect()
The free_rtllib() function frees the “dev” pointer so there is use after free on the next line. Re-arrange things to avoid that.