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Linux Linux — media: bttv: fix use after free error due to btv->timeout timer
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U H H H 7.0 .0019 8.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 – —
Linux 4.15 – 4.19.299
TIMELINE
May 21 Reserved by Linux
May 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-52847 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: bttv: fix use after free error due to btv->timeout timer
There may be some a race condition between timer function
bttv_irq_timeout and bttv_remove. The timer is setup in
probe and there is no timer_delete operation in remove
function. When it hit kfree btv, the function might still be
invoked, which will cause use after free bug.
This bug is found by static analysis, it may be false positive.
Fix it by adding del_timer_sync invoking to the remove function.
cpu0 cpu1
bttv_probe
->timer_setup
->bttv_set_dma
->mod_timer;
bttv_remove
->kfree(btv);
->bttv_irq_timeout
->USE btv
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-52847 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 162e6376ac58440beb6a2d2ee294f5d88ea58dd1 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.15 | 4.19.299 |
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