CVE-2024-53208: linux Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53208 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync This fixes the following crash: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888029b4dd18 by task kworker/u9:0/54 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-01155-gf723224742fc #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 q kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:3389 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> Allocated by task 5247: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:370 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:387 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x19c/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4193 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:681 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:807 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x250 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:269 mgmt_pending_add+0x36/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296 set_powered+0x3cd/0x5e0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1394 hci_mgmt_cmd+0xc47/0x11d0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1712 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x7b8/0x11c0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1832 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 sock_write_iter+0x2dd/0x400 net/socket.c:1160 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5246: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579 poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline] kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4598 settings_rsp+0x2bc/0x390 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1443 mgmt_pending_foreach+0xd1/0x130 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:259 __mgmt_power_off+0x112/0x420 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9455 hci_dev_close_sync+0x665/0x11a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5191 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:483 [inline] hci_dev_close+0x112/0x210 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:508 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222 sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83gv entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.