Bug 2162096 (CVE-2022-44033) - CVE-2022-44033 Kernel: A race condition between cm4040_open() and reader_detach() may result in UAF
Summary: CVE-2022-44033 Kernel: A race condition between cm4040_open() and reader_deta...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2022-44033
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2162101
Blocks: 2139046
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Reported: 2023-01-18 19:00 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2023-09-25 16:46 UTC (History)
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. This issue occurs due to a race between cm4040_open() and reader_detach() in drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c when a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling open().
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Last Closed: 2023-01-21 14:22:15 UTC
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Description Rohit Keshri 2023-01-18 19:00:02 UTC 
A race condition may occur if the user physically removes the pcmcia device while calling open() for this char device node. This is a race condition between the cm4040_open() function and the reader_detach() function, which may eventually result in UAF.

Reference:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919040457.GA302681@ubuntu/
Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2023-01-18 19:03:31 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2162101]
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-01-21 14:22:11 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-2022-44033
Comment 8 Justin M. Forbes 2023-09-25 16:46:33 UTC 
This was fixed with the 6.4 kernel series which removed these outdated drivers.
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