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CVE-2024-50029

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.57 / 6.11.4 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix UAF in hci_enhanced_setup_sync This checks if the ACL connection remains valid as it could be destroyed while hci_enhanced_setup_sync is pending on cmd_sync leading to the following trace: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888002328ffd by task kworker/u5:2/37 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 37 Comm: kworker/u5:2 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-01300-g810be445d8d6 #7099 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80 ? hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 print_report+0x152/0x4c0 ? hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1fa/0x420 ? hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 kasan_report+0xda/0x1b0 ? hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x91b/0xa60 ? __pfx_hci_enhanced_setup_sync+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx___mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1c2/0x330 process_one_work+0x7d9/0x1360 ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10 ? assign_work+0x167/0x240 worker_thread+0x5b7/0xf60 ? __kthread_parkme+0xac/0x1c0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x293/0x360 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x70 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 34: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 __hci_conn_add+0x187/0x17d0 hci_connect_sco+0x2e1/0xb90 sco_sock_connect+0x2a2/0xb80 __sys_connect+0x227/0x2a0 __x64_sys_connect+0x6d/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x71/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 37: kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x101/0x160 kfree+0xd0/0x250 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x151/0x280 hci_conn_del+0x448/0xbf0 hci_abort_conn_sync+0x46f/0x980 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1c2/0x330 process_one_work+0x7d9/0x1360 worker_thread+0x5b7/0xf60 kthread+0x293/0x360 ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

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dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-416

Memory is used after it has been freed, so its contents — now potentially attacker-controlled — drive the program's behaviour. With careful heap grooming this becomes code execution. The fix requires disciplined ownership of memory and often a targeted rework of the object lifecycle.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.1, < 6.6.57>= 6.7, < 6.11.4= 6.12

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.6.57 / 6.11.4 or later
Fixed in 6.6.576.11.4
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.6.57, 6.11.4, or any version newer than 6.12

  1. 1. Identify the current kernel version using: uname -r
  2. 2. Verify the running kernel is an affected version: >= 6.1 and < 6.6.57, OR >= 6.7 and < 6.11.4, OR exactly 6.12
  3. 3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.6.57 or higher (if on 6.1-6.6.x), to 6.11.4 or higher (if on 6.7-6.11.x), or to a version newer than 6.12 (if on 6.12.x)
  4. 4. Use the distribution's package manager to install the new kernel (e.g., apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-<version> for Debian/Ubuntu, or dnf kernel for Fedora/RHEL)
  5. 5. Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  6. 6. Verify the new kernel version is running and the vulnerability is resolved: uname -r and check for the fix in the changelog
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers and modules are available for the new kernel version

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