CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-49924
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-04
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: pxafb: Fix possible use after free in pxafb_task()
In the pxafb_probe function, it calls the pxafb_init_fbinfo function,
after which &fbi->task is associated with pxafb_task. Moreover,
within this pxafb_init_fbinfo function, the pxafb_blank function
within the &pxafb_ops struct is capable of scheduling work.
If we remove the module which will call pxafb_remove to make cleanup,
it will call unregister_framebuffer function which can call
do_unregister_framebuffer to free fbi->fb through
put_fb_info(fb_info), while the work mentioned above will be used.
The sequence of operations that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
CPU0 CPU1
| pxafb_task
pxafb_remove |
unregister_framebuffer(info) |
do_unregister_framebuffer(fb_info) |
put_fb_info(fb_info) |
// free fbi->fb | set_ctrlr_state(fbi, state)
| __pxafb_lcd_power(fbi, 0)
| fbi->lcd_power(on, &fbi->fb.var)
| //use fbi->fb
Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding
with the cleanup in pxafb_remove.
Note that only root user can remove the driver at runtime.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 11.0
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.27 < 4.19.323)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.285)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.227)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.168)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.113)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.55)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.10.14)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.11 < 6.11.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0d416eb4bef705f699213cee94bf54b6acdacd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a6921095eb04a900e0000da83d9475eb958e61e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cda484e584be34d55ee17436ebf7ad11922b97a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d0a07f68b66269e167def6c0b90a219cd3e7473 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3a855764dbacbdb1cc51e15dc588f2d21c93e0e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaadc0cb05c999ccd8898a03298b7e5c31509b08 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e657fa2df4429f3805a9b3e47fb1a4a1b02a72bd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6897e299f57b103e999e62010b88e363b3eebae Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdda354f60a576d52dcf90351254714681df4370 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory