media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin Using __exit for the remove function results in the remove callback being discarded with CONFIG_VIDEO_ET8EK8=y. When such a device gets unbound (e.g. using sysfs or hotplug), the driver is just removed without the cleanup being performed. This results in resource leaks. Fix it by compiling in the remove callback unconditionally. This also fixes a W=1 modpost warning: WARNING: modpost: drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8: section mismatch in reference: et8ek8_i2c_driver+0x10 (section: .data) -> et8ek8_remove (section: .exit.text)
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.11
References 7
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/963523600d9f1e36bc35ba774c2493d6baa4dd8f
- stable/c/ece3fc1c10197052044048bea4f13cfdcf25b416
- stable/c/04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36
- stable/c/c1a3803e5bb91c13e9ad582003e4288f67f06cd9
- stable/c/43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9
- stable/c/904db2ba44ae60641b6378c5013254d09acf5e80
- stable/c/545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfce