CVE-2023-25012

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.1.9 - Use-After-Free in bigben_remove via Crafted USB Device

Title source: llm

Description

The Linux kernel through 6.1.9 has a Use-After-Free in bigben_remove in drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c via a crafted USB device because the LED controllers remain registered for too long.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Mailing List

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230125-hid-unregister-leds-v1-1-9a5192dcef16%40diag.uniroma1.it/

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/53

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207560

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27d2a2fd844ec7da70d19fabb482304fd1e0595b

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=76ca8da989c7d97a7f76c75d475fe95a584439d7

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9fefb6201c4f8dd9f58c581b2a66e5cde2895ea2

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/02/1

Mailing List mailing-list

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

Mailing List mailing-list

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/1

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0081

EPSS Percentile 52.4%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.1.9

Published Feb 02, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026