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CVE-2023-52886
published 2024-07-16

CVE-2023-52886: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init() Syzbot reported…

PriorityP426medium6.4CVSS 3.1
AVPACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.33%
25.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init() Syzbot reported an out-of-bounds read in sysfs.c:read_descriptors(): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in read_descriptors+0x263/0x280 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:883 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801e78b8c8 by task udevd/5011 CPU: 0 PID: 5011 Comm: udevd Not tainted 6.4.0-rc6-syzkaller-00195-g40f71e7cd3c6 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/27/2023 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3c0 mm/kasan/report.c:351 print_report mm/kasan/report.c:462 [inline] kasan_report+0x11c/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:572 read_descriptors+0x263/0x280 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:883 ... Allocated by task 758: ... __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:966 [inline] __kmalloc+0x5e/0x190 mm/slab_common.c:979 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:563 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:680 [inline] usb_get_configuration+0x1f7/0x5170 drivers/usb/core/config.c:887 usb_enumerate_device drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2407 [inline] usb_new_device+0x12b0/0x19d0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2545 As analyzed by Khazhy Kumykov, the cause of this bug is a race between read_descriptors() and hub_port_init(): The first routine uses a field in udev->descriptor, not expecting it to change, while the second overwrites it. Prior to commit 45bf39f8df7f ("USB: core: Don't hold device lock while reading the "descriptors" sysfs file") this race couldn't occur, because the routines were mutually exclusive thanks to the device locking. Removing that locking from read_descriptors() exposed it to the race. The best way to fix the bug is to keep hub_port_init() from changing udev->descriptor once udev has been initialized and registered. Drivers expect the descriptors stored in the kernel to be immutable; we should not undermine this expectation. I

Affected

28 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 218925bfd5d1436e337c4f961e9c149fbe32de6d < 9d241c5d9a9b7ad95c90c6520272fe404d5ac88f9d241c5d9a9b7ad95c90c6520272fe404d5ac88f
linuxlinux>= 4.14.308 < 4.154.15
linuxlinux>= 4.19.275 < 4.204.20
linuxlinux>= 45bf39f8df7f05efb83b302c65ae3b9bc92b7065 < b4a074b1fb222164ed7d5c0b8c922dc4a0840848b4a074b1fb222164ed7d5c0b8c922dc4a0840848
linuxlinux>= 45bf39f8df7f05efb83b302c65ae3b9bc92b7065 < b9fbfb349eacc0820f91c797d7f0a3ac7a4935b5b9fbfb349eacc0820f91c797d7f0a3ac7a4935b5
linuxlinux>= 45bf39f8df7f05efb83b302c65ae3b9bc92b7065 < ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20bff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b
linuxlinux>= 5.10.171 < 5.10.1955.10.195
linuxlinux>= 5.15.97 < 5.15.1325.15.132
linuxlinux>= 5.4.234 < 5.55.5
linuxlinux>= 6.1.15 < 6.1.536.1.53
linuxlinux>= 6.2.2 < 6.36.3
linuxlinux>= 77358093331e9769855140bf94a3f00ecdcf4bb1 < 7fe9d87996062f5eb0ca476ad0257f79bf43aaf57fe9d87996062f5eb0ca476ad0257f79bf43aaf5
linuxlinux>= c87fb861ec185fdc578b4fdc6a05920b6a843840 < 8186596a663506b1124bede9fde6f243ef9f37ee8186596a663506b1124bede9fde6f243ef9f37ee
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.197-15.10.197-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.55-16.1.55-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.3-16.5.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.5.3-16.5.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.10.171 < 5.10.1955.10.195
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.97 < 5.15.1325.15.132

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv6.4MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.4MEDIUM
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