The Linux kernel through 6.1.9 has a Use-After-Free in bigben_remove in…
Priority MEDIUM 54CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Linux kernel through 6.1.9 has a Use-After-Free in bigben_remove in drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c via a crafted USB device because the LED controllers remain registered for too long.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00788 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-25012
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2h2-9xqm-xcc7
References
Exploit 2
Other 7
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230125-hid-unregister-leds-v1-1-9a5192dcef16%40diag.uniroma1.it/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security update
- [oss-security] 20231105 CVE-2023-1078: Linux: rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() bugs
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=76ca8da989c7d97a7f76c75d475fe95a584439d7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27d2a2fd844ec7da70d19fabb482304fd1e0595b
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9fefb6201c4f8dd9f58c581b2a66e5cde2895ea2
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207560
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- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-25012 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-25012 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2h2-9xqm-xcc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-25012 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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