Vulnerability CVE-2024-26801

Vulnerability CVE-2024-26801

Published: 2024-04-04

Description:

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

Bluetooth: Avoid potential use-after-free in hci_error_reset

While handling the HCI_EV_HARDWARE_ERROR event, if the underlying
BT controller is not responding, the GPIO reset mechanism would
free the hci_dev and lead to a use-after-free in hci_error_reset.

Here's the call trace observed on a ChromeOS device with Intel AX201:
queue_work_on+0x3e/0x6c
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x2ee/0x4c0 [bluetooth <HASH:3b4a6>]
? init_wait_entry+0x31/0x31
__hci_cmd_sync+0x16/0x20 [bluetooth <HASH:3b4a 6>]
hci_error_reset+0x4f/0xa4 [bluetooth <HASH:3b4a 6>]
process_one_work+0x1d8/0x33f
worker_thread+0x21b/0x373
kthread+0x13a/0x152
? pr_cont_work+0x54/0x54
? kthread_blkcg+0x31/0x31
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

This patch holds the reference count on the hci_dev while processing
a HCI_EV_HARDWARE_ERROR event to avoid potential crash.

References:

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b278650f07acf2e0932149183458468a731c03

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98fb98fd37e42fd4ce13ff657ea64503e24b6090

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd0a9dfa99f8990a08eb8fdd8e79bee31c7d8e2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da4569d450b193e39e87119fd316c0291b585d14

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45085686b9559bfbe3a4f41d3d695a520668f5e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab9a19d896f5a0dd386e1f001c5309bc35f433b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd594cdc24f2e48dab441732e6dfcafd6b0711d1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2449007d3f73b2842c9734f45f0aadb522daf592

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