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    "data_format": "MITRE",
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    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2023-1079",
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Linux kernel",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "unknown"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-416"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=4ab3a086d10eeec1424f2e8a968827a6336203df",
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=4ab3a086d10eeec1424f2e8a968827a6336203df"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20230503 [SECURITY] [DLA 3403-1] linux security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the work_struct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a use-after-free on the struct asus_kbd_leds *led structure. A malicious USB device may exploit the issue to cause memory corruption with controlled data."
            }
        ]
    }
}