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High severity Unreviewed Published Nov 7, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 22, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

usb: typec: altmode should keep reference to parent

The altmode device release refers to its parent device, but without keeping
a reference to it.

When registering the altmode, get a reference to the parent and put it in
the release function.

Before this fix, when using CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE, we see issues
like this:

[ 43.572860] kobject: 'port0.0' (ffff8880057ba008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)
[ 43.573532] kobject: 'port0.1' (ffff8880057bd008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 1000)
[ 43.574407] kobject: 'port0' (ffff8880057b9008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)
[ 43.575059] kobject: 'port1.0' (ffff8880057ca008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)
[ 43.575908] kobject: 'port1.1' (ffff8880057c9008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)
[ 43.576908] kobject: 'typec' (ffff8880062dbc00): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)
[ 43.577769] kobject: 'port1' (ffff8880057bf008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)
[ 46.612867] ==================================================================
[ 46.613402] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129
[ 46.614003] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880057b9118 by task kworker/2:1/48
[ 46.614538]
[ 46.614668] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 48 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-00138-gedbae730ad31 #535
[ 46.615391] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
[ 46.616042] Workqueue: events kobject_delayed_cleanup
[ 46.616446] Call Trace:
[ 46.616648]
[ 46.616820] dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x7c
[ 46.617112] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129
[ 46.617470] print_report+0x14c/0x49e
[ 46.617769] ? rcu_read_unlock_sched+0x56/0x69
[ 46.618117] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x1ab
[ 46.618456] ? kmem_cache_debug_flags+0xc/0x1d
[ 46.618807] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129
[ 46.619161] kasan_report+0x8d/0xb4
[ 46.619447] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129
[ 46.619809] ? process_scheduled_works+0x3cb/0x85f
[ 46.620185] typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129
[ 46.620537] ? process_scheduled_works+0x3cb/0x85f
[ 46.620907] device_release+0xaf/0xf2
[ 46.621206] kobject_delayed_cleanup+0x13b/0x17a
[ 46.621584] process_scheduled_works+0x4f6/0x85f
[ 46.621955] ? __pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10
[ 46.622353] ? hlock_class+0x31/0x9a
[ 46.622647] ? lock_acquired+0x361/0x3c3
[ 46.622956] ? move_linked_works+0x46/0x7d
[ 46.623277] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x291
[ 46.623582] ? __kthread_parkme+0xc8/0xdf
[ 46.623900] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 46.624236] kthread+0x17e/0x190
[ 46.624501] ? kthread+0xfb/0x190
[ 46.624756] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 46.625015] ret_from_fork+0x20/0x40
[ 46.625268] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 46.625532] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 46.625805]
[ 46.625953]
[ 46.626056] Allocated by task 678:
[ 46.626287] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x44
[ 46.626555] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x2d
[ 46.626811] __kasan_kmalloc+0x3f/0x4d
[ 46.627049] __kmalloc_noprof+0x1bf/0x1f0
[ 46.627362] typec_register_port+0x23/0x491
[ 46.627698] cros_typec_probe+0x634/0xbb6
[ 46.628026] platform_probe+0x47/0x8c
[ 46.628311] really_probe+0x20a/0x47d
[ 46.628605] device_driver_attach+0x39/0x72
[ 46.628940] bind_store+0x87/0xd7
[ 46.629213] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1aa/0x218
[ 46.629574] vfs_write+0x1d6/0x29b
[ 46.629856] ksys_write+0xcd/0x13b
[ 46.630128] do_syscall_64+0xd4/0x139
[ 46.630420] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 46.630820]
[ 46.630946] Freed by task 48:
[ 46.631182] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x44
[ 46.631493] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x2d
[ 46.631799] kasan_save_free_info+0x3f/0x4d
[ 46.632144] __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x45
[ 46.632474]
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 7, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 7, 2024
Last updated Nov 22, 2024

Severity

High

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
High
Integrity
High
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:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.044%
(15th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-50150

GHSA ID

GHSA-pqrp-8v3j-9mvr

Source code

No known source code

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