hiddev.c

Synthesis of the vulnerability

An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.

Vulnerable systems: Debian, Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RSA Authentication Manager, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES.

Severity of this threat: 2/4.

Creation date: 04/12/2019.

Références of this weakness: CERTFR-2019-AVI-639, CERTFR-2019-AVI-655, CERTFR-2020-AVI-029, CERTFR-2020-AVI-119, CERTFR-2020-AVI-123, CERTFR-2020-AVI-124, CERTFR-2020-AVI-130, CVE-2019-19527, DLA-2068-1, DLA-2114-1, DSA-2020-052, DSA-2020-053, openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1, SUSE-SU-2019:3316-1, SUSE-SU-2019:3379-1, SUSE-SU-2019:3381-1, SUSE-SU-2019:3389-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0093-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0511-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0560-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0599-1, VIGILANCE-VUL-31046.

Description of the vulnerability

An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
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This security announce impacts software or systems such as Debian, Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RSA Authentication Manager, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES.

Our Vigil@nce team determined that the severity of this threat is medium.

The trust level is of type confirmed by the editor, with an origin of physical access.

An attacker with a expert ability can exploit this computer vulnerability announce.

Solutions for this threat

Linux kernel: version 5.2.10.
The version 5.2.10 is fixed:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.19.68.
The version 4.19.68 is fixed:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 3.16.79.
The version 3.16.79 is fixed:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

Linux kernel: patch for drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c.
A patch is indicated in information sources.

Debian 8: new linux-4.9 packages.
New packages are available:
Debian 8: linux-4.9 4.9.210-1~deb8u1

Debian 8: new linux packages.
New packages are available:
Debian 8: linux 3.16.81-1

Google Android/Pixel: patch for March 2020.
A patch is indicated in information sources.

openSUSE Leap 15.1: new kernel packages (13/03/2020).
New packages are available:
openSUSE Leap 15.1: kernel 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1

RSA Authentication Manager: version 8.4 P10.
The version 8.4 P10 is fixed:
https://www.dell.com/support/

SUSE LE 12 SP3: new kernel packages (23/12/2019).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 12 SP3: kernel 4.4.180-94.113.1

SUSE LE 12 SP4: new kernel-azure packages (18/12/2019).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 12 SP4: kernel-azure 4.12.14-6.34.1

SUSE LE 12 SP4: new kernel-rt packages.
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 12 SP4: kernel-rt 4.12.14-8.12.1

SUSE LE 12 SP5: new kernel-azure packages (15/01/2020).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 12 SP5: kernel-azure 4.12.14-16.7.1

SUSE LE 12 SP5: new kernel packages (30/12/2019).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 12 SP5: kernel 4.12.14-122.12.1

SUSE LE 15 RTM: new kernel packages (23/12/2019).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 15 RTM: kernel 4.12.14-150.47.1

SUSE LE 15 SP1: new kernel-azure packages (28/02/2020).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 15 SP1: kernel-azure 4.12.14-8.27.1

SUSE LE 15 SP1: new kernel packages (03/03/2020).
New packages are available:
SUSE LE 15 SP1: kernel 4.12.14-197.34.1

Wind River Linux: version 10.19.45.3.
The version 10.19.45.3 is fixed:
https://support2.windriver.com/
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