Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix uaf in l2cap_connect
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix uaf in l2cap_connect
[Syzbot reported]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect.constprop.0+0x10d8/0x1270 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:3949
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880241e9800 by task kworker/u9:0/54
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-00268-g788220eee30d #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Workqueue: hci2 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:119
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
l2cap_connect.constprop.0+0x10d8/0x1270 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:3949
l2cap_connect_req net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:4080 [inline]
l2cap_bredr_sig_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:4772 [inline]
l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5543 [inline]
l2cap_recv_frame+0xf0b/0x8eb0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6825
l2cap_recv_acldata+0x9b4/0xb70 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7514
hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3791 [inline]
hci_rx_work+0xaab/0x1610 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4028
process_one_work+0x9c5/0x1b40 kernel/workqueue.c:3231
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline]
worker_thread+0x6c8/0xed0 kernel/workqueue.c:3389
kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
...
Freed by task 5245:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:579
poison_slab_object+0xf7/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:240
__kasan_slab_free+0x32/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:256
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline]
kfree+0x12a/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4598
l2cap_conn_free net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1810 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
l2cap_conn_put net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1822 [inline]
l2cap_conn_del+0x59d/0x730 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:1802
l2cap_connect_cfm+0x9e6/0xf80 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7241
hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:1960 [inline]
hci_conn_failed+0x1c3/0x370 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1265
hci_abort_conn_sync+0x75a/0xb50 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5583
abort_conn_sync+0x197/0x360 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:2917
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x1a4/0x410 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328
process_one_work+0x9c5/0x1b40 kernel/workqueue.c:3231
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline]
worker_thread+0x6c8/0xed0 kernel/workqueue.c:3389
kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2024-49950 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.
CVE-2024-49950 is recorded against 3 packages.
Published on 21 October 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
lists.debian.org
debian-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-416: Use After Free) in other software:
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian-linux | — | — |
| kernel | 6.11.0 | 6.11.3 |
| linux-kernel | 6.11 | 6.11.3 |
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