Medium severity · published Apr 24, 2023
CVE-2023-31084
An issue was discovered in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel 6.2
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a blocking operation when a task is in !TASK_RUNNING. In dvb_frontend_get_event, wait_event_interruptible is called; the condition is dvb_frontend_test_event(fepriv,events). In dvb_frontend_test_event, down(&fepriv->sem) is called. However, wait_event_interruptible would put the process to sleep, and down(&fepriv->sem) may block the process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31084
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31084
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8c75e4a1b325ea0a9433fa8834be97b5836b946
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HIEOLEOURP4BJZMIL7UGGPYRRB44UDN/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AOATNX5UFL7V7W2QDIQKOHFFHYKWFP4W/
lore.kernel.org
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+UBctCu7fXn4q41O_3=id1+OdyQ85tZY1x+TkT-6OVBL6KAUw%40mail.gmail.com/
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