Bug 1819405 (CVE-2019-9273) - CVE-2019-9273 kernel: use after free due to improper locking in synaptics_dsx_htc touchscreen driver leads to local privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2019-9273 kernel: use after free due to improper locking in synaptics_dsx...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-9273
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1819407
Blocks: 1750356 1819406
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-31 19:40 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2020-05-07 18:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-19 12:11:19 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2020-03-31 19:40:51 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in the synaptics_dsx_htc touchscreen driver in Kernel where there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-03-31 19:42:07 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1819407]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2020-04-01 15:07:15 UTC 
This is an android driver that is not in the upstream linux kernel.
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