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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 18, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 20, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix Null pointer dereference in btnxpuart_flush()

This adds a check before freeing the rx->skb in flush and close
functions to handle the kernel crash seen while removing driver after FW
download fails or before FW download completes.

dmesg log:
[ 54.634586] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000080
[ 54.643398] Mem abort info:
[ 54.646204] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 54.649964] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 54.655286] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 54.658348] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 54.661498] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 54.666391] Data abort info:
[ 54.669273] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 54.674768] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 54.674771] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 54.674775] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000048860000
[ 54.674780] [0000000000000080] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 54.703880] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 54.710152] Modules linked in: btnxpuart(-) overlay fsl_jr_uio caam_jr caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes crct10dif_ce polyval_ce polyval_generic snd_soc_imx_spdif snd_soc_imx_card snd_soc_ak5558 snd_soc_ak4458 caam secvio error snd_soc_fsl_micfil snd_soc_fsl_spdif snd_soc_fsl_sai snd_soc_fsl_utils imx_pcm_dma gpio_ir_recv rc_core sch_fq_codel fuse
[ 54.744357] CPU: 3 PID: 72 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.6.3-otbr-g128004619037 #2
[ 54.744364] Hardware name: FSL i.MX8MM EVK board (DT)
[ 54.744368] Workqueue: hci0 hci_power_on
[ 54.757244] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 54.757249] pc : kfree_skb_reason+0x18/0xb0
[ 54.772299] lr : btnxpuart_flush+0x40/0x58 [btnxpuart]
[ 54.782921] sp : ffff8000805ebca0
[ 54.782923] x29: ffff8000805ebca0 x28: ffffa5c6cf1869c0 x27: ffffa5c6cf186000
[ 54.782931] x26: ffff377b84852400 x25: ffff377b848523c0 x24: ffff377b845e7230
[ 54.782938] x23: ffffa5c6ce8dbe08 x22: ffffa5c6ceb65410 x21: 00000000ffffff92
[ 54.782945] x20: ffffa5c6ce8dbe98 x19: ffffffffffffffac x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 54.807651] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffa5c6ce2824ec x15: ffff8001005eb857
[ 54.821917] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffffa5c6cf1a02e0 x12: 0000000000000642
[ 54.821924] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: ffffa5c6cf19d690 x9 : ffffa5c6cf19d688
[ 54.821931] x8 : ffff377b86000028 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[ 54.821938] x5 : ffff377b86000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 54.843331] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000002 x0 : ffffffffffffffac
[ 54.857599] Call trace:
[ 54.857601] kfree_skb_reason+0x18/0xb0
[ 54.863878] btnxpuart_flush+0x40/0x58 [btnxpuart]
[ 54.863888] hci_dev_open_sync+0x3a8/0xa04
[ 54.872773] hci_power_on+0x54/0x2e4
[ 54.881832] process_one_work+0x138/0x260
[ 54.881842] worker_thread+0x32c/0x438
[ 54.881847] kthread+0x118/0x11c
[ 54.881853] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 54.896406] Code: a9be7bfd 910003fd f9000bf3 aa0003f3 (b940d400)
[ 54.896410] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 18, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 18, 2024
Last updated Sep 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.045%
(16th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-46749

GHSA ID

GHSA-6cf5-rv3h-c7jx

Source code

No known source code

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