Debian: CVE-2024-49924: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Debian: CVE-2024-49924: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

10/21/2024

Created

11/12/2024

Added

11/11/2024

Modified

01/28/2025

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: CPU0CPU1 | 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.

Solution(s)

• debian-upgrade-linux
• debian-upgrade-linux-6-1

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-49924
• CVE - 2024-49924
• DLA-4008-1