CVE-2023-1079

kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove()

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
RedHat

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.

A use-after-free flaw was found in asus_kbd_backlight_set in drivers/hid/hid-asus.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system when plugging in or disconnecting a malicious USB device, which may lead to a kernel information leak problem.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-02-27 CVE Reserved
2023-03-27 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-11-01 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=4ab3a086d10eeec1424f2e8a968827a6336203df	2023-05-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1079	2024-01-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173444	2024-01-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.3"		-		Affected