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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52853

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 15.23% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df0daac2709473531d6a3472997cc65301ac06d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/727203e6e7e7020e1246fc1628cbdb8d90177819
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d959406c8fff2334d83d0c352d54fd6f5b2e7cd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/012d0c66f9392a99232ac28217229f32dd3a70cf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bafb12b629b7c3ad59812dd1ac1b0618062e0e38
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5718bc67337dde1528661f419ffcf275757592
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1121fac7986b30915ba20c5a04cc01fdcf160c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3c2d2d144c082dd71596953193adf9891491f42

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