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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: Fix device use-after-free on unbind
A recent change fixed device reference leaks when looking up drm platform device driver data during bind() but failed to remove a partial fix which had been added by commit 80805b62ea5b ("drm/mediatek: Fix kobject put for component sub-drivers").
This results in a reference imbalance on component bind() failures and on unbind() which could lead to a user-after-free.
Make sure to only drop the references after retrieving the driver data by effectively reverting the previous partial fix.
Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
Analysis
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: Fix device use-after-free on unbind
A recent change fixed device reference leaks when looking up drm platform device driver data during bind() but failed to remove a partial fix which had been added by commit 80805b62ea5b ("drm/mediatek: Fix kobject put for component sub-drivers").
This results in a reference imbalance on component bind() failures and on unbind() which could lead to a user-after-free.
Make sure to only drop the references after retrieving the driver data by effectively reverting the previous partial fix.
Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
Technical ContextAI
A use-after-free vulnerability occurs when a program continues to use a pointer after the referenced memory has been freed, leading to undefined behavior.
RemediationAI
Use memory-safe languages. Implement proper object lifecycle management. Use static and dynamic analysis tools to detect UAF patterns.
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