Bug 1783459 (CVE-2019-19524) - CVE-2019-19524 kernel: a malicious USB device in the drivers/input/ff-memless.c leads to use-after-free
Summary: CVE-2019-19524 kernel: a malicious USB device in the drivers/input/ff-memless...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-19524
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1783460 1815020 1815021 1815022 1815023 1815024 1815025
Blocks: 1783461
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-13 19:27 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2021-03-18 11:31 UTC (History)
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s input device driver functionality when unplugging a device. A user with physical access could use this flaw to crash the system.
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Last Closed: 2020-05-12 16:32:09 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4416 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:09:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4417 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:08:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4418 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:13:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4419 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:12:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:4420 0 None None None 2020-10-29 15:51:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2104 0 None None None 2020-05-12 15:12:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4060 0 None None None 2020-09-29 20:52:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4062 0 None None None 2020-09-29 18:58:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4431 0 None None None 2020-11-04 00:50:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4609 0 None None None 2020-11-04 02:22:08 UTC

Description msiddiqu 2019-12-13 19:27:45 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/input/ff-memless.c

References: 

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/03/4
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.12
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/115

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa3a5a1880c91bb92594ad42dfe9eedad7996b86
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-12-13 19:28:08 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1783460]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-12-16 16:53:18 UTC 
This is fixed for Fedora in the 5.3.12 stable kernel update.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-05-12 15:12:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:2104 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2104
Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-12 16:32:09 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-2019-19524
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 18:58:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 20:52:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4060 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 00:50:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4431 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 02:22:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4609 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
Comment 27 Alex 2021-03-18 11:31:43 UTC 
Mitigation:

To mitigate this issue for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or higher version, prevent module ff-memless from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.
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