Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: roles: fix NULL pointer issue when put module’s reference
In current design, usb role class driver will get usb_role_switch parent’s module reference after the user get usb_role_switch device and put the reference after the user put the usb_role_switch device. However, the parent device of usb_role_switch may be removed before the user put the usb_role_switch. If so, then, NULL pointer issue will be met when the user put the parent module’s reference.
This will save the module pointer in structure of usb_role_switch. Then, we don’t need to find module by iterating long relations.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.10.0 (+5 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | Planned | — |
| Debian 11 cloud | Planned | — |
| Debian 12 | Planned | — |
| Proxmox VE 7 5.15 | Released |
44 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE AWS | Released |
39 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Azure | Released |
23 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Released |
52 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Released |
46 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Released |
43 kernels
|