CVE-2019-25162
i2c: Fix a potential use after free
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.4%
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:i2c: Fix a potential use after freeFree the adap structure only after we are done using it.This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid theuse after free.[wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]
- Affected
- Linux
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 31st percentile
- Published
- 2024-02-26
- Updated
- 2026-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- uthrasri/CVE-2019-251620★ · 2024-12-02
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4