Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1 mt7921e free_irq use after free

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1. Affected is the function free_irq of the component mt7921e. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-26892. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1. Affected is the function free_irq of the component mt7921e. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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, let's 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

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26892 since 02/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/14/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210815 (RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:9315)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or 6.9-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c7dd42fbebcf/bfe1adf1606f/bfeaef901194/c957280ef6ab is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210815). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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