CVE-2024-26892 wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq()
A use-after-free vulnerability in the mt7921e WiFi driver allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code during device removal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26892?
CVE-2024-26892 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq()
From commit a304e1b82808 ("[PATCH] Debug shared irqs"), there is a test to make sure the shared irq handler should be able to handle the unexpected event after deregistration. For this case, let's apply MT76_REMOVED flag to indicate the device was removed and do not run into the resource access anymore.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88824a7d3b78 by task rmmod/11115 CPU: 28 PID: 11115 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G W L 5.17.0 #10 Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D73/MPG B650I EDGE WIFI (MS-7D73), BIOS 1.81 01/05/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xa0 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x190 ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e] free_irq+0x627/0xaa0 devm_free_irq+0x94/0xd0 ? devm_request_any_context_irq+0x160/0x160 ? kobject_put+0x18d/0x4a0 mt7921_pci_remove+0x153/0x190 [mt7921e] pci_device_remove+0xa2/0x1d0 __device_release_driver+0x346/0x6e0 driver_detach+0x1ef/0x2c0 bus_remove_driver+0xe7/0x2d0 ? __check_object_size+0x57/0x310 pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x250 __do_sys_delete_module+0x307/0x510 ? free_module+0x6a0/0x6a0 ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x4b/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x10/0x70 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x70 ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1c/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160 ? do_syscall_64+0x68/0x80 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26892?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26892?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-26892 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26892 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26892, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26892, GHSA-9889-pmmf-cvr8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26892.