Linux Kernel up to 6.6.54/6.10.13/6.11.2 Bluetooth l2cap_connect use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.54/6.10.13/6.11.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function l2cap_connect of the component Bluetooth. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-49950. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.54/6.10.13/6.11.2. This affects the function l2cap_connect of the component Bluetooth. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix uaf in l2cap_connect [Syzbot reported] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect.constprop.0+0x10d8/0x1270 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:3949 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880241e9800 by task kworker/u9:0/54 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-00268-g788220eee30d #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Workqueue: hci2 hci_rx_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601 l2cap_connect.constprop.0+0x10d8/0x1270 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:3949 l2cap_connect_req net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:4080 [inline] l2cap_bredr_sig_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:4772 [inline] l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5543 [inline] l2cap_recv_frame+0xf0b/0x8eb0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6825 l2cap_recv_acldata+0x9b4/0xb70 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7514 hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3791 [inline] hci_rx_work+0xaab/0x1610 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4028 process_one_work+0x9c5/0x1b40 kernel/workqueue.c:3231 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xed0 kernel/workqueue.c:3389 kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 ... Freed by task 5245: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:579 poison_slab_object+0xf7/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:240 __kasan_slab_free+0x32/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:256 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline] kfree+0x12a/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4598 l2cap_conn_free net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1810 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] l2cap_conn_put net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1822 [inline] l2cap_conn_del+0x59d/0x730 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1802 l2cap_connect_cfm+0x9e6/0xf80 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7241 hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:1960 [inline] hci_conn_failed+0x1c3/0x370 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1265 hci_abort_conn_sync+0x75a/0xb50 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5583 abort_conn_sync+0x197/0x360 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:2917 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1a4/0x410 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328 process_one_work+0x9c5/0x1b40 kernel/workqueue.c:3231 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xed0 kernel/workqueue.c:3389 kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-49950 since 10/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/15/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210940 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.55, 6.10.14 or 6.11.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b90907696c30/78d30ce16fdf/a1c6174e23df/333b4fd11e89 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 databases at Tenable (210940) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3251). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• NetApp StorageGRID
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• NetApp AFF
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• NetApp FAS
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

Productinfo

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
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7
• 6.10.8
• 6.10.9
• 6.10.10
• 6.10.11
• 6.10.12
• 6.10.13
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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