Bug 1696017 (CVE-2019-2024) - CVE-2019-2024 kernel: media: em28xx: Use-after-free in em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c when disconnecting
Summary: CVE-2019-2024 kernel: media: em28xx: Use-after-free in em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c wh...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-2024
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1696019 1699658
Blocks: 1696018
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Reported: 2019-04-04 03:02 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-10-27 03:27 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the em28xx_dvb_fini() function in the drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c file in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free vulnerability in em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c can cause denial of service (DoS).
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 03:27:52 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-04-04 03:02:58 UTC 
A flaw was found in the em28xx_dvb_fini() finction in the drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c file in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free vulnerability in em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c can cause denial of service (DoS).

Introduced by:

http://git.kernel.org/linus/425f53aaf76cce77b3bedd8ed4902bc94ed254ff

Fixed by:

http://git.kernel.org/linus/910b0797fa9e8af09c44a3fa36cb310ba7a7218d
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-04-04 03:07:53 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1696019]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-04-04 13:16:10 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with 4.16 kernels
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