Linux: Use After Free
CVE-2024-57926 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists versions 7083b93e9755d60f0c2bcaa9d064308108280534, 078b2ff7da200b7532398e668eef723ad40fb516, 36684e9d88a2e2401ae26715a2e217cb4295cea7 as the first without the flaw, so updating Linux to one of those releases or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Update Linux to 7083b93e9755d60f0c2bcaa9d064308108280534 or 078b2ff7da200b7532398e668eef723ad40fb516 or 36684e9d88a2e2401ae26715a2e217cb4295cea7, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
- Update Linux Kernel to 6.6.72 or 6.12.10, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba up to, but not including, 7083b93e9755d60f0c2bcaa9d064308108280534; 1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba up to, but not including, 078b2ff7da200b7532398e668eef723ad40fb516; 1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba up to, but not including, 36684e9d88a2e2401ae26715a2e217cb4295cea7; 6.4 | 7083b93e9755d60f0c2bcaa9d064308108280534, 078b2ff7da200b7532398e668eef723ad40fb516, 36684e9d88a2e2401ae26715a2e217cb4295cea7 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.4 up to, but not including, 6.6.72; 6.7 up to, but not including, 6.12.10; 6.13 | 6.6.72, 6.12.10 |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by NVD.
| Scoring system | Score | Severity | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | High | NVD |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | High | CISA (ADP) |
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Set private->all_drm_private[i]->drm to NULL if mtk_drm_bind returns err The pointer need to be set to NULL, otherwise KASAN complains about use-after-free. Because in mtk_drm_bind, all private's drm are set as follows. private->all_drm_private[i]->drm = drm; And drm will be released by drm_dev_put in case mtk_drm_kms_init returns failure. However, the shutdown path still accesses the previous allocated memory in drm_atomic_helper_shutdown. [ 84.874820] watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! [ 86.512054] ================================================================== [ 86.513162] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x33c/0x378 [ 86.514258] Read of size 8 at addr ffff0000d46fc068 by task shutdown/1 [ 86.515213] [ 86.515455] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: shutdown Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-mtk+gfa1a78e5d24b-dirty #55 [ 86.516752] Hardware name: Unknown Product/Unknown Product, BIOS 2022.10 10/01/2022 [ 86.517960] Call trace: [ 86.518333] show_stack+0x20/0x38 (C) [ 86.518891] dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xd0 [ 86.519443] print_report+0xf8/0x5b0 [ 86.519985] kasan_report+0xb4/0x100 [ 86.520526] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x30 [ 86.521240] drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x33c/0x378 [ 86.521966] mtk_drm_shutdown+0x54/0x80 [ 86.522546] platform_shutdown+0x64/0x90 [ 86.523137] device_shutdown+0x260/0x5b8 [ 86.523728] kernel_restart+0x78/0xf0 [ 86.524282] __do_sys_reboot+0x258/0x2f0 [ 86.524871] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x90/0xd8 [ 86.525473] invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268 [ 86.526041] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb0/0x240 [ 86.526751] do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x70 [ 86.527251] el0_svc+0x4c/0xc0 [ 86.527719] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x144/0x168 [ 86.528367] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x1a0 [ 86.528920] [ 86.529157] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 86.529972] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff0000d46fd4d0 pfn:0x1146fc [ 86.531319] flags: 0xbfffc0000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0xffff) [ 86.532267] raw: 0bfffc0000000000 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 [ 86.533390] raw: ffff0000d46fd4d0 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 86.534511] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 86.535323] [ 86.535559] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 86.536265] ffff0000d46fbf00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 86.537314] ffff0000d46fbf80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 86.538363] >ffff0000d46fc000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 86.544733] ^ [ 86.551057] ffff0000d46fc080: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 86.557510] ffff0000d46fc100: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 86.563928] ================================================================== [ 86.571093] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 86.577642] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e0e9c0920000000b [ 86.581834] KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x0752049000000058-0x075204900000005f] ...
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Use After Free
The 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.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
- When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Patches and release notes
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