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

What is CVE-2023-52853?

CVE-2023-52853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52853?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52853?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-52853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52853, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52853, GHSA-w8wx-3v4m-pwrr, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52853.