Race Condition and Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Linux Kernel USB Device Removal

Race Condition and Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Linux Kernel USB Device Removal

CVE-2022-45888 · MEDIUM Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.9. drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c has a race condition and use-after-free during physical removal of a USB device.

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