In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit"
Revert commit 030a48b0f6ce ("thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style
a bit") that introduced a use-after-free into the error path of
thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs() by removing a valid check from it.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
High
Complete data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service
CVSS Vector v3.1
References 7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67