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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published Sep 18, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 20, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

ASoC: dapm: Fix UAF for snd_soc_pcm_runtime object

When using kernel with the following extra config,

  • CONFIG_KASAN=y
  • CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC=y
  • CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE=y
  • CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC=y
  • CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=4096

kernel detects that snd_pcm_suspend_all() access a freed
'snd_soc_pcm_runtime' object when the system is suspended, which
leads to a use-after-free bug:

[ 52.047746] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in snd_pcm_suspend_all+0x1a8/0x270
[ 52.047765] Read of size 1 at addr ffff0000b9434d50 by task systemd-sleep/2330

[ 52.047785] Call trace:
[ 52.047787] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3c0
[ 52.047794] show_stack+0x34/0x50
[ 52.047797] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x8c
[ 52.047802] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2c0
[ 52.047809] kasan_report+0x210/0x230
[ 52.047815] __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x3c/0x50
[ 52.047820] snd_pcm_suspend_all+0x1a8/0x270
[ 52.047824] snd_soc_suspend+0x19c/0x4e0

The snd_pcm_sync_stop() has a NULL check on 'substream->runtime' before
making any access. So we need to always set 'substream->runtime' to NULL
everytime we kfree() it.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 18, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 18, 2024
Last updated Sep 20, 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%
(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-46798

GHSA ID

GHSA-v977-rccx-6678

Source code

No known source code

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