Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52853hid: cp2112: Fix duplicate workqueue initialization

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hid: cp2112: Fix duplicate workqueue initialization Previously the cp2112 driver called INIT_DELAYED_WORK within cp2112_gpio_irq_startup, resulting in duplicate initilizations of the workqueue on subsequent IRQ startups following an initial request. This resulted in a warning in set_work_data in workqueue.c, as well as a rare NULL dereference within process_one_work in workqueue.c. Initialize the workqueue within _probe instead.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.64-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52853
Debian:13linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52853
Debian:14linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-100.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1056.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1058.66UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1058.66.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1053.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1052.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1048.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1052.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-100.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1046.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1053.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1048.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 13de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before df0daac2709473531d6a3472997cc65301ac06d613de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before 727203e6e7e7020e1246fc1628cbdb8d9017781913de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before 3d959406c8fff2334d83d0c352d54fd6f5b2e7cd13de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before 012d0c66f9392a99232ac28217229f32dd3a70cf13de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before bafb12b629b7c3ad59812dd1ac1b0618062e0e3813de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before fb5718bc67337dde1528661f419ffcf27575759213de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before eb1121fac7986b30915ba20c5a04cc01fdcf160c13de9cca514ed63604263cad87ca8cb36e9b6489 – before e3c2d2d144c082dd71596953193adf9891491f42
Linux Linux 4.10

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