AZL-25798
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-25798.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-25798
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-03-27T21:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-01T05:08:02.627748Z
- Severity
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- 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- CVE-2023-1079 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.102.1-3
- Details
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asuskbdbacklightset when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the workstruct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a use-after-free on the struct asuskbdleds *led structure. A malicious USB device may exploit the issue to cause memory corruption with controlled data.
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