CVE-2024-26932 usb: typec: tcpm: fix double-free issue in tcpm_port_unregister_pd()
A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's USB Type-C TCPM driver can cause a system crash during port unregistration.
- 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-2024-26932?
CVE-2024-26932 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:
usb: typec: tcpm: fix double-free issue in tcpm_port_unregister_pd()
When unregister pd capabilitie in tcpm, KASAN will capture below double -free issue. The root cause is the same capabilitiy will be kfreed twice, the first time is kfreed by pd_capabilities_release() and the second time is explicitly kfreed by tcpm_port_unregister_pd().
[ 3.988059] BUG: KASAN: double-free in tcpm_port_unregister_pd+0x1a4/0x3dc [ 3.995001] Free of addr ffff0008164d3000 by task kworker/u16:0/10 [ 4.001206] [ 4.002712] CPU: 2 PID: 10 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc5-next-20240220-05616-g52728c567a55 #53 [ 4.012402] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK (DT) [ 4.017569] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 4.023456] Call trace: [ 4.025920] dump_backtrace+0x94/0xec [ 4.029629] show_stack+0x18/0x24 [ 4.032974] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 [ 4.036675] print_report+0xfc/0x5c0 [ 4.040289] kasan_report_invalid_free+0xa0/0xc0 [ 4.044937] __kasan_slab_free+0x124/0x154 [ 4.049072] kfree+0xb4/0x1e8 [ 4.052069] tcpm_port_unregister_pd+0x1a4/0x3dc [ 4.056725] tcpm_register_port+0x1dd0/0x2558 [ 4.061121] tcpci_register_port+0x420/0x71c [ 4.065430] tcpci_probe+0x118/0x2e0
To fix the issue, this will remove kree() from tcpm_port_unregister_pd().
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26932?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26932?
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-2024-26932 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26932 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26932, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26932, GHSA-3mcm-h8qp-66gm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26932.