CVE-2024-26892

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

wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq()

From commit a304e1b82808 ([PATCH] Debug shared irqs), there is a test to make sure the shared irq handler should be able to handle the unexpected event after deregistration. For this case, lets apply MT76_REMOVED flag to indicate the device was removed and do not run into the resource access anymore.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88824a7d3b78 by task rmmod/11115 CPU: 28 PID: 11115 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G W L 5.17.0 #10 Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D73/MPG B650I EDGE WIFI (MS-7D73), BIOS 1.81 01/05/2024 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xa0 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x190 ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] free_irq+0x627/0xaa0 devm_free_irq+0x94/0xd0 ? devm_request_any_context_irq+0x160/0x160 ? kobject_put+0x18d/0x4a0 mt7921_pci_remove+0x153/0x190 [mt7921e] pci_device_remove+0xa2/0x1d0 __device_release_driver+0x346/0x6e0 driver_detach+0x1ef/0x2c0 bus_remove_driver+0xe7/0x2d0 ? __check_object_size+0x57/0x310 pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x250 __do_sys_delete_module+0x307/0x510 ? free_module+0x6a0/0x6a0 ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x4b/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x10/0x70 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x70 ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1c/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160 ? do_syscall_64+0x68/0x80 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Weakness

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

Affected Software

Extended Description

The use of previously-freed memory can have any number of adverse consequences, ranging from the corruption of valid data to the execution of arbitrary code, depending on the instantiation and timing of the flaw. The simplest way data corruption may occur involves the system’s reuse of the freed memory. Use-after-free errors have two common and sometimes overlapping causes:

In this scenario, the memory in question is allocated to another pointer validly at some point after it has been freed. The original pointer to the freed memory is used again and points to somewhere within the new allocation. As the data is changed, it corrupts the validly used memory; this induces undefined behavior in the process. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap data. If one of these function pointers is overwritten with an address to valid shellcode, execution of arbitrary code can be achieved.

Potential Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe1adf1606f76c180324e53b130f0e76d5cc6c3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfeaef901194c5923ce3330272786eff2fac513a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7dd42fbebcfb02bef070fd48f774d6412d0b49d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c957280ef6ab6bdf559a91ae693a6b34310697e3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe1adf1606f76c180324e53b130f0e76d5cc6c3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfeaef901194c5923ce3330272786eff2fac513a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7dd42fbebcfb02bef070fd48f774d6412d0b49d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c957280ef6ab6bdf559a91ae693a6b34310697e3