CVE-2024-26875
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the pvrusb2 driver (USB device driver for Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the pvr2_context_set_notify function. The issue arises from a race condition between threads: setting the disconnect_flag before pvr2_context_disconnect() completes causes memory to be freed while another thread still accesses it.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability can lead to a kernel crash (panic) or potential arbitrary code execution in kernel context, posing a serious threat to system stability and security, especially when a pvrusb2-based USB device is connected.
Recommendation
Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (the patch moves the disconnect_flag assignment to the end of pvr2_context_disconnect). If updating is not possible, consider avoiding the pvrusb2 driver until the fix is applied.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pvrusb2: fix uaf in pvr2_context_set_notify [Syzbot reported] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in pvr2_context_set_notify+0x2c4/0x310 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:35 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888113aeb0d8 by task kworker/1:1/26 CPU: 1 PID: 26 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1-syzkaller-00046-gf1a27f081c1f #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0xc4/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601 pvr2_context_set_notify+0x2c4/0x310 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:35 pvr2_context_notify drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:95 [inline] pvr2_context_disconnect+0x94/0xb0 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:272 Freed by task 906: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:47 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x3f/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:640 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:241 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x1b0 mm/kasan/common.c:257 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2121 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4299 [inline] kfree+0x105/0x340 mm/slub.c:4409 pvr2_context_check drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:137 [inline] pvr2_context_thread_func+0x69d/0x960 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:158 [Analyze] Task A set disconnect_flag = !0, which resulted in Task B's condition being met and releasing mp, leading to this issue. [Fix] Place the disconnect_flag assignment operation after all code in pvr2_context_disconnect() to avoid this issue.
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