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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-259-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1174-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-utopicUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-wilyUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1137-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1136-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-vividUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-utopicUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-wilyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-vividUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-utopicUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-wilyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-259-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-vivid | Sep 27, 2024 | Jul 16, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | Jul 16, 2024 |
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