A use-after-free flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.19.2. This issue occurs in cmd_hdl_filter in drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_cmd.c, allowing an attacker to launch a local denial of service attack and gain escalation of privileges.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c53b3dcb9942b8ed7f81ee3921c4085d87070c73 | patch vendor advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0005/ | third party advisory |