Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-25162 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: Fix a potential use after free Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free. [wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf