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CVE-2022-49505

NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF

Severity Score

6.6
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF Commit 3e3b5dfcd16a ("NFC: reorder the logic in nfc_{un,}register_device")
assumes the device_is_registered() in function nfc_dev_up() will help
to check when the rfkill is unregistered. However, this check only
take effect when device_del(&dev->dev) is done in nfc_unregister_device().
Hence, the rfkill object is still possible be dereferenced. The crash trace in latest kernel (5.18-rc2): [ 68.760105] ==================================================================
[ 68.760330] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750
[ 68.760756] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009c93018 by task fuzz/313
[ 68.760756]
[ 68.760756] CPU: 0 PID: 313 Comm: fuzz Not tainted 5.18.0-rc2 #4
[ 68.760756] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 68.760756] Call Trace:
[ 68.760756] <TASK>
[ 68.760756] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d
[ 68.760756] print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db
[ 68.760756] ? __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750
[ 68.760756] kasan_report+0xbe/0x1c0
[ 68.760756] ? __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750
[ 68.760756] __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750
[ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410
[ 68.760756] ? register_lock_class+0x18d0/0x18d0
[ 68.760756] lock_acquire+0x1ac/0x4f0
[ 68.760756] ? rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60
[ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410
[ 68.760756] ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x12c0/0x12c0
[ 68.760756] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x540/0x540
[ 68.760756] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x4e/0x50
[ 68.760756] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x39/0x50
[ 68.760756] ? rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60
[ 68.760756] rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60
[ 68.760756] nfc_dev_up+0x84/0x260
[ 68.760756] nfc_genl_dev_up+0x90/0xe0
[ 68.760756] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f4/0x2f0
[ 68.760756] ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.constprop.0+0x230/0x230
[ 68.760756] ? security_capable+0x51/0x90
[ 68.760756] genl_rcv_msg+0x280/0x500
[ 68.760756] ? genl_get_cmd+0x3c0/0x3c0
[ 68.760756] ? lock_acquire+0x1ac/0x4f0
[ 68.760756] ? nfc_genl_dev_down+0xe0/0xe0
[ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410
[ 68.760756] netlink_rcv_skb+0x11b/0x340
[ 68.760756] ? genl_get_cmd+0x3c0/0x3c0
[ 68.760756] ? netlink_ack+0x9c0/0x9c0
[ 68.760756] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x136/0xb00
[ 68.760756] genl_rcv+0x1f/0x30
[ 68.760756] netlink_unicast+0x430/0x710
[ 68.760756] ? memset+0x20/0x40
[ 68.760756] ? netlink_attachskb+0x740/0x740
[ 68.760756] ? __build_skb_around+0x1f4/0x2a0
[ 68.760756] netlink_sendmsg+0x75d/0xc00
[ 68.760756] ? netlink_unicast+0x710/0x710
[ 68.760756] ? netlink_unicast+0x710/0x710
[ 68.760756] sock_sendmsg+0xdf/0x110
[ 68.760756] __sys_sendto+0x19e/0x270
[ 68.760756] ? __ia32_sys_getpeername+0xa0/0xa0
[ 68.760756] ? fd_install+0x178/0x4c0
[ 68.760756] ? fd_install+0x195/0x4c0
[ 68.760756] ? kernel_fpu_begin_mask+0x1c0/0x1c0
[ 68.760756] __x64_sys_sendto+0xd8/0x1b0
[ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0xbf/0x130
[ 68.760756] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1d/0x50
[ 68.760756] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[ 68.760756] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 68.760756] RIP: 0033:0x7f67fb50e6b3
...
[ 68.760756] RSP: 002b:00007f67fa91fe90 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
[ 68.760756] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f67fb50e6b3
[ 68.760756] RDX: 000000000000001c RSI: 0000559354603090 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 68.760756] RBP: 00007f67fa91ff00 R08: 00007f67fa91fedc R09: 000000000000000c
[ 68.760756] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007ffe824d496e
[ 68.760756] R13: 00007ffe824d496f R14: 00007f67fa120000 R15: 0000000000000003 [ 68.760756] </TASK>
[ 68.760756]
[ 68.760756] Allocated by task 279:
[ 68.760756] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
[
---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF Commit 3e3b5dfcd16a ("NFC: reorder the logic in nfc_{un,}register_device") assumes the device_is_registered() in function nfc_dev_up() will help to check when the rfkill is unregistered. However, this check only take effect when device_del(&dev->dev) is done in nfc_unregister_device(). Hence, the rfkill object is still possible be dereferenced. The crash trace in latest kernel (5.18-rc2): [ 68.760105] ================================================================== [ 68.760330] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750 [ 68.760756] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009c93018 by task fuzz/313 [ 68.760756] [ 68.760756] CPU: 0 PID: 313 Comm: fuzz Not tainted 5.18.0-rc2 #4 [ 68.760756] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 68.760756] Call Trace: [ 68.760756] <TASK> [ 68.760756] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d [ 68.760756] print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db [ 68.760756] ? __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750 [ 68.760756] kasan_report+0xbe/0x1c0 [ 68.760756] ? __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750 [ 68.760756] __lock_acquire+0x3ec1/0x6750 [ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410 [ 68.760756] ? register_lock_class+0x18d0/0x18d0 [ 68.760756] lock_acquire+0x1ac/0x4f0 [ 68.760756] ? rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60 [ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410 [ 68.760756] ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x12c0/0x12c0 [ 68.760756] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x540/0x540 [ 68.760756] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x4e/0x50 [ 68.760756] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x39/0x50 [ 68.760756] ? rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60 [ 68.760756] rfkill_blocked+0xe/0x60 [ 68.760756] nfc_dev_up+0x84/0x260 [ 68.760756] nfc_genl_dev_up+0x90/0xe0 [ 68.760756] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f4/0x2f0 [ 68.760756] ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.constprop.0+0x230/0x230 [ 68.760756] ? security_capable+0x51/0x90 [ 68.760756] genl_rcv_msg+0x280/0x500 [ 68.760756] ? genl_get_cmd+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ 68.760756] ? lock_acquire+0x1ac/0x4f0 [ 68.760756] ? nfc_genl_dev_down+0xe0/0xe0 [ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410 [ 68.760756] netlink_rcv_skb+0x11b/0x340 [ 68.760756] ? genl_get_cmd+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ 68.760756] ? netlink_ack+0x9c0/0x9c0 [ 68.760756] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x136/0xb00 [ 68.760756] genl_rcv+0x1f/0x30 [ 68.760756] netlink_unicast+0x430/0x710 [ 68.760756] ? memset+0x20/0x40 [ 68.760756] ? netlink_attachskb+0x740/0x740 [ 68.760756] ? __build_skb_around+0x1f4/0x2a0 [ 68.760756] netlink_sendmsg+0x75d/0xc00 [ 68.760756] ? netlink_unicast+0x710/0x710 [ 68.760756] ? netlink_unicast+0x710/0x710 [ 68.760756] sock_sendmsg+0xdf/0x110 [ 68.760756] __sys_sendto+0x19e/0x270 [ 68.760756] ? __ia32_sys_getpeername+0xa0/0xa0 [ 68.760756] ? fd_install+0x178/0x4c0 [ 68.760756] ? fd_install+0x195/0x4c0 [ 68.760756] ? kernel_fpu_begin_mask+0x1c0/0x1c0 [ 68.760756] __x64_sys_sendto+0xd8/0x1b0 [ 68.760756] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0xbf/0x130 [ 68.760756] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 [ 68.760756] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 68.760756] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 68.760756] RIP: 0033:0x7f67fb50e6b3 ... [ 68.760756] RSP: 002b:00007f67fa91fe90 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c [ 68.760756] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f67fb50e6b3 [ 68.760756] RDX: 000000000000001c RSI: 0000559354603090 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 68.760756] RBP: 00007f67fa91ff00 R08: 00007f67fa91fedc R09: 000000000000000c [ 68.760756] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007ffe824d496e [ 68.760756] R13: 00007ffe824d496f R14: 00007f67fa120000 R15: 0000000000000003 [ 68.760756] </TASK> [ 68.760756] [ 68.760756] Allocated by task 279: [ 68.760756] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ ---truncated---

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (17)
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>= 4.9.291 < 4.9.318
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>= 4.14.256 < 4.14.283
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>= 4.19.218 < 4.19.247
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>= 5.4.162 < 5.4.198
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Linux
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