ACK: [SRU][OEM-5.17/OEM-6.0][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2023-1670

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Wed May 10 16:14:23 UTC 2023


On 5/9/23 2:10 PM, Yuxuan Luo wrote:
> [Impact]
> It was discovered that the Xircom PCMCIA network device driver in the Linux
> kernel did not properly handle device removal events. A physically proximate
> or privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
> crash).
> 
> [Backport]
> Clean cherry pick.
> 
> [Test]
> Compile and smoke tested.
> 
> [Potential Regression]
> Expecting low regression potential since this commit only adds an additional
> layer of protect.
> 
> Zheng Wang (1):
>    xirc2ps_cs: Fix use after free bug in xirc2ps_detach
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc




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