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CVE-2023-53281— drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in _rtw_join_timeout_handler()

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于rtl8723bs驱动中锁定机制不当，可能导致软中断处理异常。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.12% · P2

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

Affected Version Matrix 17

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846< 209850f17717a3b5cc558578bef5631ac7045539 affected
041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc< 2a50e44a66d268ee5db3d177f1fdc1503dbce6e7 affected
041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc< dc327e87c6d9bfd9ee08e76396b3c0ba848ec554 affected
041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc< 4ab1bace1dd3875371b481ef4301c4671bddea22 affected
041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc< 215792eda008f6a1e7ed9d77fa20d582d22bb114 affected
1f6c99b94ca3caad346876b3e22e3ca3d25bc8ee affected
eca9748d9267a38d532464e3305a38629e9c35a9 affected
5.15.47< 5.15.111 affected
… +9 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53281

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Vulnerability Title
drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in _rtw_join_timeout_handler()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in _rtw_join_timeout_handler() Commit 041879b12ddb ("drivers: staging: rtl8192bs: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle()") besides fixing the deadlock also modified _rtw_join_timeout_handler() to use spin_[un]lock_irq() instead of spin_[un]lock_bh(). _rtw_join_timeout_handler() calls rtw_do_join() which takes pmlmepriv->scanned_queue.lock using spin_[un]lock_bh(). This spin_unlock_bh() call re-enables softirqs which triggers an oops in kernel/softirq.c: __local_bh_enable_ip() when it calls lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled(): [ 244.506087] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/softirq.c:376 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa6/0x100 ... [ 244.509022] Call Trace: [ 244.509048] <IRQ> [ 244.509100] _rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x134/0x170 [r8723bs] [ 244.509468] ? __pfx__rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x10/0x10 [r8723bs] [ 244.509772] ? __pfx__rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x10/0x10 [r8723bs] [ 244.510076] call_timer_fn+0x95/0x2a0 [ 244.510200] __run_timers.part.0+0x1da/0x2d0 This oops is causd by the switch to spin_[un]lock_irq() which disables the IRQs for the entire duration of _rtw_join_timeout_handler(). Disabling the IRQs is not necessary since all code taking this lock runs from either user contexts or from softirqs, switch back to spin_[un]lock_bh() to fix this.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于rtl8723bs驱动中锁定机制不当，可能导致软中断处理异常。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846 ~ 209850f17717a3b5cc558578bef5631ac7045539 -
Linux Linux 5.19 -

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