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Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2023 18:38:18 +0100
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: Pietro Borrello <borrello@...g.uniroma1.it>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel: hid: NULL pointer dereference in hid_betopff_play()
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:20:51PM +0100, Pietro Borrello wrote:
> I'm disclosing a possible DoS when plugging in a malicious USB device,
> which advertises itself as a betop USB device.
>
> A device driver must check that the device correctly registered the
> expected inputs and reports.
> Otherwise, a malicious USB device may violate assumptions throughout
> the driver's code.
>
> betopff_init() in the betop driver's code only checks that the device advertises
> at least 4 report values among all its fields, but hid_betopff_play() expects
> at least 4 report fields with a value each.
> A device advertising an output report with one field and 4 report values
> would pass the check but crash the kernel with a NULL pointer dereference
> in hid_betopff_play(), when accessing `betopff->report->field[2]->value[0]`.
This was assigned CVE-2023-1073, which also covers two bugs mentioned in
another oss-security posting below:
CVE-2023-1073 - NULL Ptr Deref in betopff_init()
patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=3782c0d6edf658b71354a64d60aa7a296188fc90
oss-security: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/18/3
CVE-2023-1073 - Type Confusion in hid_validate_values()
patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
oss-security: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/17/3
CVE-2023-1073 - Type Confusion in bigben_probe()
patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=c7bf714f875531f227f2ef1fdcc8f4d44e7c7d9d
oss-security: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/17/3
Alexander
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