// For flags

CVE-2022-48796

iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe

Kasan has reported the following use after free on dev->iommu.
when a device probe fails and it is in process of freeing dev->iommu
in dev_iommu_free function, a deferred_probe_work_func runs in parallel
and tries to access dev->iommu->fwspec in of_iommu_configure path thus
causing use after free.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
Read of size 8 at addr ffffff87a2f1acb8 by task kworker/u16:2/153

Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x33c
show_stack+0x18/0x24
dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1e0
print_address_description+0x84/0x39c
__kasan_report+0x184/0x308
kasan_report+0x50/0x78
__asan_load8+0xc0/0xc4
of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4
of_dma_configure_id+0x2fc/0x4d4
platform_dma_configure+0x40/0x5c
really_probe+0x1b4/0xb74
driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
__device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x304
bus_for_each_drv+0x124/0x1b0
__device_attach+0x25c/0x334
device_initial_probe+0x24/0x34
bus_probe_device+0x78/0x134
deferred_probe_work_func+0x130/0x1a8
process_one_work+0x4c8/0x970
worker_thread+0x5c8/0xaec
kthread+0x1f8/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

Allocated by task 1:
____kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x114
__kasan_kmalloc+0x10/0x1c
kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xe4/0x3d4
__iommu_probe_device+0x90/0x394
probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
__driver_attach+0x80/0x320
bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
driver_attach+0x38/0x48
bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
driver_register+0x18c/0x244
__platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
__se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
el0_svc+0x20/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
el0_sync+0x160/0x180

Freed by task 1:
kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x84
kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x4c
____kasan_slab_free+0x120/0x15c
__kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x28
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x204/0x2fc
kfree+0xfc/0x3a4
__iommu_probe_device+0x284/0x394
probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c
bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4
bus_set_iommu+0xcc/0x13c
arm_smmu_bus_init+0x44/0x130 [arm_smmu]
arm_smmu_device_probe+0xb88/0xc54 [arm_smmu]
platform_drv_probe+0xe4/0x13c
really_probe+0x2c8/0xb74
driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228
device_driver_attach+0xf0/0x16c
__driver_attach+0x80/0x320
bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c
driver_attach+0x38/0x48
bus_add_driver+0x1dc/0x3a4
driver_register+0x18c/0x244
__platform_driver_register+0x88/0x9c
init_module+0x64/0xff4 [arm_smmu]
do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x2f0
do_init_module+0xe8/0x378
load_module+0x3f80/0x4a40
__se_sys_finit_module+0x1a0/0x1e4
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x44/0x58
el0_svc_common+0x100/0x264
do_el0_svc+0x38/0xa4
el0_svc+0x20/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0x68/0xac
el0_sync+0x160/0x180

Fix this by setting dev->iommu to NULL first and
then freeing dev_iommu structure in dev_iommu_free
function.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-07-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-07-16 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-11-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
< 5.10.101
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.10.101"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
< 5.15.24
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.15.24"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
< 5.16.10
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.16.10"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
< 5.17
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.17"
en
Affected