ghsa-hh3r-c2qq-5xgv
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
video: fbdev: vesafb: Fix a use-after-free due early fb_info cleanup
Commit b3c9a924aab6 ("fbdev: vesafb: Cleanup fb_info in .fb_destroy rather than .remove") fixed a use-after-free error due the vesafb driver freeing the fb_info in the .remove handler instead of doing it in .fb_destroy.
This can happen if the .fb_destroy callback is executed after the .remove callback, since the former tries to access a pointer freed by the latter.
But that change didn't take into account that another possible scenario is that .fb_destroy is called before the .remove callback. For example, if no process has the fbdev chardev opened by the time the driver is removed.
If that's the case, fb_info will be freed when unregister_framebuffer() is called, making the fb_info pointer accessed in vesafb_remove() after that to no longer be valid.
To prevent that, move the expression containing the info->par to happen before the unregister_framebuffer() function call.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49419"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvideo: fbdev: vesafb: Fix a use-after-free due early fb_info cleanup\n\nCommit b3c9a924aab6 (\"fbdev: vesafb: Cleanup fb_info in .fb_destroy rather\nthan .remove\") fixed a use-after-free error due the vesafb driver freeing\nthe fb_info in the .remove handler instead of doing it in .fb_destroy.\n\nThis can happen if the .fb_destroy callback is executed after the .remove\ncallback, since the former tries to access a pointer freed by the latter.\n\nBut that change didn\u0027t take into account that another possible scenario is\nthat .fb_destroy is called before the .remove callback. For example, if no\nprocess has the fbdev chardev opened by the time the driver is removed.\n\nIf that\u0027s the case, fb_info will be freed when unregister_framebuffer() is\ncalled, making the fb_info pointer accessed in vesafb_remove() after that\nto no longer be valid.\n\nTo prevent that, move the expression containing the info-\u003epar to happen\nbefore the unregister_framebuffer() function call.",
"id": "GHSA-hh3r-c2qq-5xgv",
"modified": "2025-02-27T21:32:14Z",
"published": "2025-02-27T21:32:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49419"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fac5f8fb1bc2fc4f8714bf5e743c9cc3f547c63"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acde4003efc16480375543638484d8f13f2e99a3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d260cad015945d1f4bb9b028a096f648506106a2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f605f5558ecc175ec70016a3c15f007cb6386531"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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