CVE-2023-52922

CVE Details

Release Date:	2024-11-28
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show() BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888155846230 by task cat/7862 CPU: 1 PID: 7862 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1-00153-gc8746099c197 #230 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xd5/0x150 print_report+0xc1/0x5e0 kasan_report+0xba/0xf0 bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80 seq_read_iter+0x4f6/0x1260 seq_read+0x165/0x210 proc_reg_read+0x227/0x300 vfs_read+0x1d5/0x8d0 ksys_read+0x11e/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Allocated by task 7846: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x9e/0xa0 bcm_sendmsg+0x264b/0x44e0 sock_sendmsg+0xda/0x180 ____sys_sendmsg+0x735/0x920 ___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1b0 __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 7846: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x161/0x1c0 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x119/0x220 __kmem_cache_free+0xb4/0x2e0 rcu_core+0x809/0x1bd0 bcm_op is freed before procfs entry be removed in bcm_release(), this lead to bcm_proc_show() may read the freed bcm_op.

See more information about CVE-2023-52922 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2025-2627	2025-03-11