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CVE-2022-48838

usb: gadget: Fix use-after-free bug by not setting udc->dev.driver

Severity Score

5.5
*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:

usb: gadget: Fix use-after-free bug by not setting udc->dev.driver

The syzbot fuzzer found a use-after-free bug:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802b934098 by task udevd/3689

CPU: 2 PID: 3689 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4-syzkaller-00229-g4f12b742eb2b #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x303 mm/kasan/report.c:255
__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [inline]
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459
dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320
uevent_show+0x1b8/0x380 drivers/base/core.c:2391
dev_attr_show+0x4b/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:2094

Although the bug manifested in the driver core, the real cause was a
race with the gadget core. dev_uevent() does:

if (dev->driver)
add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);

and between the test and the dereference of dev->driver, the gadget
core sets dev->driver to NULL.

The race wouldn't occur if the gadget core registered its devices on
a real bus, using the standard synchronization techniques of the
driver core. However, it's not necessary to make such a large change
in order to fix this bug; all we need to do is make sure that
udc->dev.driver is always NULL.

In fact, there is no reason for udc->dev.driver ever to be set to
anything, let alone to the value it currently gets: the address of the
gadget's driver. After all, a gadget driver only knows how to manage
a gadget, not how to manage a UDC.

This patch simply removes the statements in the gadget core that touch
udc->dev.driver.

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: usb: gadget: corrige el error de use-after-free al no configurar udc-&gt;dev.driver El syzbot fuzzer encontró un error de use-after-free: ERROR: KASAN: uso- after-free en dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320 Lectura de tamaño 8 en addr ffff88802b934098 por tarea udevd/3689 CPU: 2 PID: 3689 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4-syzkaller-00229 -g4f12b742eb2b #0 Nombre del hardware: PC estándar QEMU (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 01/04/2014 Seguimiento de llamadas: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [en línea] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/ 0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x303 mm/kasan/report.c:255 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [en línea] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/ kasan/report.c:459 dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320 uevent_show+0x1b8/0x380 drivers/base/core.c:2391 dev_attr_show+0x4b/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:2094 Aunque El error se manifestó en el núcleo del controlador, la verdadera causa fue una ejecución con el núcleo del dispositivo. dev_uevent() hace: if (dev-&gt;driver) add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev-&gt;driver-&gt;name); y entre la prueba y la desreferencia de dev-&gt;driver, el núcleo del gadget establece dev-&gt;driver en NULL. La ejecución no ocurriría si el núcleo del dispositivo registrara sus dispositivos en un autobús real, utilizando las técnicas de sincronización estándar del núcleo del conductor. Sin embargo, no es necesario realizar un cambio tan grande para corregir este error; todo lo que tenemos que hacer es asegurarnos de que udc-&gt;dev.driver sea siempre NULL. De hecho, no hay ninguna razón para que udc-&gt;dev.driver se establezca en algún momento, y mucho menos en el valor que obtiene actualmente: la dirección del controlador del dispositivo. Después de todo, un controlador de dispositivo sólo sabe cómo administrar un dispositivo, no cómo administrar un UDC. Este parche simplemente elimina las declaraciones en el núcleo del gadget que tocan udc-&gt;dev.driver.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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  • 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
  • 2024-07-25 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
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 4.9.308
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 4.14.273
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 4.19.236
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 5.4.187
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 5.10.108
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Linux
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>= 3.1 < 5.15.31
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Linux
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Linux
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