CVE-2024-26659

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: xhci: maneja correctamente los eventos isoc Babble y Buffer Overrun xHCI 4.9 prohíbe explícitamente suponer que xHC ha liberado su propiedad de un TD multi-TRB cuando informa un error en uno de los primeros TRB. Sin embargo, el conductor hace tal suposición y libera el TD, permitiendo que los TRB restantes sean liberados o sobrescritos por nuevos TD. El xHC también debe informar la finalización del TRB final debido a que nosotros establecimos la bandera del COI, independientemente de los errores anteriores. Este evento no se puede reconocer si el TD ya se liberó anteriormente, lo que genera el mensaje de error "Evento de transferencia TRB DMA ptr no forma parte del TD actual". Solucione este problema reutilizando la lógica para procesar errores de transacción isoc. Esto también maneja los hosts que no informan la finalización final. Se corrigió el informe de duración de la transferencia sobre errores de Babble. Pueden deberse a un mal funcionamiento del dispositivo, no hay garantía de que se haya llenado el búfer.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel related to the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) subsystem, specifically how it handles certain events. The issue arises when the xHCI driver improperly handles isochronous (isoc) Babble and Buffer Overrun events. The vulnerability occurs because the xHCI driver incorrectly assumes that the xHC (host controller) has released its ownership of a multi-TRB (Transfer Request Block) TD (Transfer Descriptor) after reporting an error on an early TRB. This assumption leads to the premature release of the TD, allowing remaining TRBs to be freed or overwritten, which can cause system instability or crashes.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: handle isoc Babble and Buffer Overrun events properly xHCI 4.9 explicitly forbids assuming that the xHC has released its ownership of a multi-TRB TD when it reports an error on one of the early TRBs. Yet the driver makes such assumption and releases the TD, allowing the remaining TRBs to be freed or overwritten by new TDs. The xHC should also report completion of the final TRB due to its IOC flag being set by us, regardless of prior errors. This event cannot be recognized if the TD has already been freed earlier, resulting in "Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD" error message. Fix this by reusing the logic for processing isoc Transaction Errors. This also handles hosts which fail to report the final completion. Fix transfer length reporting on Babble errors. They may be caused by device malfunction, no guarantee that the buffer has been filled.

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.