media: xc2028: avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb()
syzkaller reported use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() [1].
The reason is because the module allocated a struct tuner in tuner_probe(),
and then the module initialization failed, the struct tuner was released.
A worker which created during module initialization accesses this struct
tuner later, it caused use-after-free.
The process is as follows:
task-6504 worker_thread
tuner_probe <= alloc dvb_frontend [2]
...
request_firmware_nowait <= create a worker
...
tuner_remove <= free dvb_frontend
...
request_firmware_work_func <= the firmware is ready
load_firmware_cb <= but now the dvb_frontend has been freed
To fix the issue, check the dvd_frontend in load_firmware_cb(), if it is
null, report a warning and just return.
[1]:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in load_firmware_cb+0x1310/0x17a0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8000d7ca2308 by task kworker/2:3/6504
Call trace:
load_firmware_cb+0x1310/0x17a0
request_firmware_work_func+0x128/0x220
process_one_work+0x770/0x1824
worker_thread+0x488/0xea0
kthread+0x300/0x430
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Allocated by task 6504:
kzalloc
tuner_probe+0xb0/0x1430
i2c_device_probe+0x92c/0xaf0
really_probe+0x678/0xcd0
driver_probe_device+0x280/0x370
__device_attach_driver+0x220/0x330
bus_for_each_drv+0x134/0x1c0
__device_attach+0x1f4/0x410
device_initial_probe+0x20/0x30
bus_probe_device+0x184/0x200
device_add+0x924/0x12c0
device_register+0x24/0x30
i2c_new_device+0x4e0/0xc44
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_board+0xbc/0x290
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev+0xc8/0x104
em28xx_v4l2_init+0x1dd0/0x3770
Freed by task 6504:
kfree+0x238/0x4e4
tuner_remove+0x144/0x1c0
i2c_device_remove+0xc8/0x290
__device_release_driver+0x314/0x5fc
device_release_driver+0x30/0x44
bus_remove_device+0x244/0x490
device_del+0x350/0x900
device_unregister+0x28/0xd0
i2c_unregister_device+0x174/0x1d0
v4l2_device_unregister+0x224/0x380
em28xx_v4l2_init+0x1d90/0x3770
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8000d7ca2000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
The buggy address is located 776 bytes inside of
2048-byte region [ffff8000d7ca2000, ffff8000d7ca2800)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffff7fe00035f280 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff8000c001f000 index:0x0
flags: 0x7ff800000000100(slab)
raw: 07ff800000000100 ffff7fe00049d880 0000000300000003 ffff8000c001f000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff8000d7ca2200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8000d7ca2280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff8000d7ca2300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff8000d7ca2380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8000d7ca2400: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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[2]
Actually, it is allocated for struct tuner, and dvb_frontend is inside.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7155-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7156-1 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7196-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7332-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7332-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7332-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7333-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7342-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7344-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7344-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7387-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7387-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7387-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7388-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7389-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7390-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7391-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7392-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7392-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7392-3 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7392-4 | Linux kernel (AWS FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7393-1 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7401-1 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7407-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7413-1 | Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7421-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7458-1 | Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7459-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7459-2 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7463-1 | Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7539-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7540-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: xc2028: avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() syzkaller reported use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() [1]. The reason is because the module allocated a struct tuner in tuner_probe(), and then the module initialization failed, the struct tuner was released. A worker which created during module initialization accesses this struct tuner later, it caused use-after-free. The process is as follows: task-6504 worker_thread tuner_probe <= alloc dvb_frontend [2] ... request_firmware_nowait <= create a worker ... tuner_remove <= free dvb_frontend ... request_firmware_work_func <= the firmware is ready load_firmware_cb <= but now the dvb_frontend has been freed To fix the issue, check the dvd_frontend in load_firmware_cb(), if it is null, report a warning and just return. [1]: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in load_firmware_cb+0x1310/0x17a0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8000d7ca2308 by task kworker/2:3/6504 Call trace: load_firmware_cb+0x1310/0x17a0 request_firmware_work_func+0x128/0x220 process_one_work+0x770/0x1824 worker_thread+0x488/0xea0 kthread+0x300/0x430 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Allocated by task 6504: kzalloc tuner_probe+0xb0/0x1430 i2c_device_probe+0x92c/0xaf0 really_probe+0x678/0xcd0 driver_probe_device+0x280/0x370 __device_attach_driver+0x220/0x330 bus_for_each_drv+0x134/0x1c0 __device_attach+0x1f4/0x410 device_initial_probe+0x20/0x30 bus_probe_device+0x184/0x200 device_add+0x924/0x12c0 device_register+0x24/0x30 i2c_new_device+0x4e0/0xc44 v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_board+0xbc/0x290 v4l2_i2c_new_subdev+0xc8/0x104 em28xx_v4l2_init+0x1dd0/0x3770 Freed by task 6504: kfree+0x238/0x4e4 tuner_remove+0x144/0x1c0 i2c_device_remove+0xc8/0x290 __device_release_driver+0x314/0x5fc device_release_driver+0x30/0x44 bus_remove_device+0x244/0x490 device_del+0x350/0x900 device_unregister+0x28/0xd0 i2c_unregister_device+0x174/0x1d0 v4l2_device_unregister+0x224/0x380 em28xx_v4l2_init+0x1d90/0x3770 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8000d7ca2000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 776 bytes inside of 2048-byte region [ffff8000d7ca2000, ffff8000d7ca2800) The buggy address belongs to the page: page:ffff7fe00035f280 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff8000c001f000 index:0x0 flags: 0x7ff800000000100(slab) raw: 07ff800000000100 ffff7fe00049d880 0000000300000003 ffff8000c001f000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff8000d7ca2200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8000d7ca2280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb >ffff8000d7ca2300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff8000d7ca2380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8000d7ca2400: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ================================================================== [2] Actually, it is allocated for struct tuner, and dvb_frontend is inside. | |
| Title | media: xc2028: avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:07:01.471Z
Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.291Z
Link: CVE-2024-43900
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:07:01.471Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-08-26T11:15:04.613
Modified: 2025-11-03T22:18:19.337
Link: CVE-2024-43900
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Debian DLA
Ubuntu USN