🛡️ CVE-2023-1079
🟡 CVSS 6.8 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-416 NVD
6.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the work_struct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a use-after-free on the struct asus_kbd_leds *led structure. A malicious USB device may exploit the issue to cause memory corruption with controlled data.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-416
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-03-27
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-02-19

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux-kernel — 6.3

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