Bug 2183247 (CVE-2023-1990)

Summary:	CVE-2023-1990 kernel: Use after free bug in ndlc_remove due to race condition
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, crwood, dbohanno, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dvlasenk, ezulian, hackerzheng666, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lleshchi, lzampier, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rkeshri, rogbas, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, tyberry, vkumar, walters, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Kernel 6.3 RC3	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system due to a race problem.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-04-11 23:36:16 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2183248

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-03-30 17:18:08 UTC

Use after free bug found in ndlc_remove due to a race condition.

References:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2183218
https://lore.kernel.org/all/167886541893.32297.9466042495115598646.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org/

Comment 2 Rohit Keshri 2023-04-11 18:29:01 UTC

There was no shipped kernel version were seen affected with this problem. These files are not built in our source code.

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-04-11 23:36:12 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-1990

Comment 6 hackerzheng666 2023-05-19 03:46:49 UTC

*** Bug 2179793 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***