Bug 2169191

Summary:	kernel: alauda_init_media in drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c lacks check of the return value of kcalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Alex <allarkin>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, bhu, chwhite, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dvlasenk, ezulian, fhrbata, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lleshchi, lzampier, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rvrbovsk, scweaver, swood, tyberry, vkumar, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Linux kernel 6.1-rc8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel Olympus MAUSB-10 and Fujifilm DPC-R1 USB Card reader/writer devices driver was found in the way user insert device when both out of memory happens. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2169192, 2169193, 2169194, 2169195, 2169196
Bug Blocks:	2167953

Description Alex 2023-02-12 16:41:24 UTC

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8.
alauda_init_media in drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
lacks check of the return value of kcalloc() and will cause the
NULL Pointer Dereference.

Reference:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c35ca10f53c51eeb610d3f8fbc6dd6d511b58a58

Comment 1 Alex 2023-02-12 16:41:51 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169192]

Comment 4 Justin M. Forbes 2023-03-01 19:24:47 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.0.16 stable kernel updates.