Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send timer when hdev removed mesh_send_done timer is not canceled when hdev is removed, which causes crash if the timer triggers after hdev is gone. Cancel the timer when MGMT removes the hdev, like other MGMT timers. Should fix the BUG: sporadically seen by BlueZ test bot (in “Mesh - Send cancel - 1” test). Log:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0x76b/0x7d0 … Freed by task 36: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x103/0x500 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x100/0x1e0 vhci_release+0x18b/0x240
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Bluetooth MGMT subsystem of the Linux kernel. When a Bluetooth HCI device is removed, the mesh_send_done timer is not cancelled. If this timer fires after the device is freed, it accesses freed memory and causes a kernel crash.
Details
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | Released |
32 kernels
|
| Debian 13 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Planned | — |