Bug 2278415 (CVE-2024-27053) - CVE-2024-27053 kernel: wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path
Summary: CVE-2024-27053 kernel: wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-27053
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2278416
Blocks: 2278552
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Reported: 2024-05-01 20:22 UTC by Zack Miele
Modified: 2024-10-01 20:21 UTC (History)
49 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 5.4.273, kernel 5.10.214, kernel 5.15.153, kernel 6.1.83, kernel 6.6.23, kernel 6.7.11, kernel 6.8.2, kernel 6.9-rc1
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Wi-Fi hif.c driver, where RCU-protected data is accessed without correctly managing the required RCU read-side critical section. This can lead to synchronization issues, including race conditions and use-after-free errors when accessing this data. This vulnerability can cause memory corruption or system instability.
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Description Zack Miele 2024-05-01 20:22:27 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-27053 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024050115-CVE-2024-27053-a8e9@gregkh/T
Comment 1 Zack Miele 2024-05-01 20:23:02 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2278416]
Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 12:55:42 UTC 
The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-27053 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).
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