SB2024040235 - Local denial of service in Linux kernel i2c driver
Published: April 2, 2024 Updated: May 14, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024040235
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-25162)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the i2c_put_adapter() function in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.291
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.256
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.137
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.61
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.211
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0