CVE-2024-38630

watchdog: cpu5wdt.c: Fix use-after-free bug caused by cpu5wdt_trigger

published June 21, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watchdog: cpu5wdt.c: Fix use-after-free bug caused by cpu5wdt_trigger

When the cpu5wdt module is removing, the origin code uses del_timer() to

de-activate the timer. If the timer handler is running, del_timer() could

not stop it and will return directly. If the port region is released by

release_region() and then the timer handler cpu5wdt_trigger() calls outb()

to write into the region that is released, the use-after-free bug will

happen.

Change del_timer() to timer_shutdown_sync() in order that the timer handler

could be finished before the port region is released.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00251 · 15.5th percentile
Published
2024-06-21T10:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUN 10:18Z
    watchdog: cpu5wdt.c: Fix use-after-free bug caused by cpu5wdt_trigger
    cvelistv5