CVE-2023-53759

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While\nminors_rwsem is intended to protect the hidraw_table itself, by instead\nacquiring the lock for writing, the reference counter is also protected.\nThis is symmetrical to hidraw_release()."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable code is reached by `open()`/`read()`/`poll()`/`close()` on the `/dev/hidrawN` character device, requiring local access to the system. No network or physical interaction with the bus is needed to drive the race itself.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race \u2014 it is simply two or more threads calling `open()` on the same hidraw node in a loop, retryable indefinitely until the non-atomic `dev->open++` loses an update. The race is known to trigger accidentally during normal FIDO2 device probing (systemd issue #27947), and HID hot-unplug/Bluetooth-link-loss events needed to convert the refcount skew into a free are routine and inducible.\nPR:L - An unprivileged local user needs only read access to a hidraw node; systemd's uaccess/seat udev rules grant the logged-in user an ACL on hidraw devices for FIDO2 tokens, hardware wallets, 3D mice and game controllers (empirically confirmed: `crw-rw----+` with `user:<uid>:rw-`). No capability, no root, no ioctl gate.\nUI:N - The attacker's own threads perform every step of the attack; no victim action is required. Device detach events occur spontaneously (Bluetooth link loss, dongle removal, uhid teardown) or can be caused by the attacker themselves.\nS:U - The refcount corruption and resulting use-after-free are confined to kernel memory within the same security authority; there is no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossed.\nC:H - The premature `kfree(struct hidraw)` leaves `list->hidraw` dangling, and `hidraw_read()` dereferences `list->hidraw->exist` and the embedded wait queue on reclaimed memory; a UAF on a small kmalloc object with attacker-sprayed contents yields an arbitrary-read primitive and kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - `add_wait_queue()`/`remove_wait_queue()` on the freed `hidraw->wait` write list pointers into reclaimed heap memory, and a sprayed replacement object gives attacker-controlled `list_head` pointers plus a controlled `wait_queue_entry->func` call \u2014 an arbitrary write and control-flow hijack. The stale-minor path also corrupts a different, live `struct hidraw`'s refcount.\nA:H - `hidraw_release()` on the orphaned fd dereferences a NULL `hidraw_table[minor]` for a guaranteed oops, and the UAF crashes the kernel outright; additionally the refcount underflow permanently leaks hidraw minors (only 64 exist), denying hidraw registration to all future HID devices."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/hid/hidraw.c"], "versions": [{"version": "8590222e4b021054a7167a4dd35b152a8ed7018e", "lessThan": "879e79c3aead41b8aa2e91164354b30bd1c4ef3b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8590222e4b021054a7167a4dd35b152a8ed7018e", "lessThan": "ff348eabd97577da974d3db7038857f28c61d2bd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8590222e4b021054a7167a4dd35b152a8ed7018e", "lessThan": "05b47034e2488c2924e5c032e20a1979d012b5b5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8590222e4b021054a7167a4dd35b152a8ed7018e", "lessThan": "944ee77dc6ec7b0afd8ec70ffc418b238c92f12b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/hid/hidraw.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.17", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.37", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.3.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.4.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.37"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.11"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.1"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/879e79c3aead41b8aa2e91164354b30bd1c4ef3b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff348eabd97577da974d3db7038857f28c61d2bd"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b47034e2488c2924e5c032e20a1979d012b5b5"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944ee77dc6ec7b0afd8ec70ffc418b238c92f12b"}], "title": "HID: hidraw: fix data race on device refcount", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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