Bug 2221700 (CVE-2023-4134) - CVE-2023-4134 kernel: cyttsp4_core: use-after-free in cyttsp4_watchdog_work()
Summary: CVE-2023-4134 kernel: cyttsp4_core: use-after-free in cyttsp4_watchdog_work()
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-4134
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2221708 2221710 2228792
Blocks: 2221670
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Reported: 2023-07-10 15:29 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2023-08-07 22:11 UTC (History)
46 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 6.5-rc1
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A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the cyttsp4_core driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs in the device cleanup routine due to a possible rearming of the watchdog_timer from the workqueue. This could allow a local user to crash the system, causing a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2023-08-03 15:01:50 UTC
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-07-10 15:29:43 UTC 
From the upstream fix below: The watchdog_timer can schedule tx_timeout_task and watchdog_work can also arm watchdog_timer [..] Although del_timer_sync() and cancel_work_sync() are called in cyttsp4_remove(), the timer and workqueue could still be rearmed. As a result, the possible use after free bugs could happen.

Upstream commit:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dbe836576f12743a7d2d170ad4ad4fd324c4d47a
Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-08-03 09:49:56 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2228792]
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-03 15:01:46 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-2023-4134
Comment 4 Justin M. Forbes 2023-08-07 22:11:44 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.4.4 stable kernel updates.
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