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CVE-2024-43883

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: vhci-hcd: Do not drop references before new references are gained At a few places the …

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: vhci-hcd: Do not drop references before new references are gained At a few places the driver carries stale pointers to references that can still be used. Make sure that does not happen. This strictly speaking closes ZDI-CAN-22273, though there may be similar races in the driver.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 4.19.320
from 4.20 before 5.4.282
from 5.5 before 5.10.224
from 5.11 before 5.15.165
from 5.16 before 6.1.105
from 6.2 before 6.6.46

Weakness classification

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