Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: core: sysfs: add lock to bos_descriptors_read()
Add a lock to the function bos_descriptors_read().
This function accesses udev->bos, which could be simultaneously freed in usb_reset_and_verify_device(), a function that is commonly called in drivers all over the kernel.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+7 more)