Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416: Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
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Implementation
When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
Source: MITRE CWE-416
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High 7.8
Bluetooth: fix dangling sco_conn and use-after-free in sco_sock_timeout
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix dangling sco_conn and use-after-free in sco_sock_timeout Connecting the same socket twice consecutively in sco_sock_connect() could lead to a race condition where two sco_conn …
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: btmtksdio: fix use-after-free at btmtksdio_recv_event
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btmtksdio: fix use-after-free at btmtksdio_recv_event We should not access skb buffer data anymore after hci_recv_frame was called. [ 39.634809] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in btmtk…
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High 7.8
erofs: fix buffer copy overflow of ztailpacking feature
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix buffer copy overflow of ztailpacking feature I got some KASAN report as below: [ 46.959738] ================================================================== [ 46.960430] BUG: KAS…
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High 7.8
blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled 1.In current process, all bio will set the BIO_THROTTLED flag after __blk_throtl_bio(). 2.If bio needs to be throttled, it will sta…
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High 7.8
iommu/arm-smmu-v3-sva: Fix mm use-after-free
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu-v3-sva: Fix mm use-after-free We currently call arm64_mm_context_put() without holding a reference to the mm, which can result in use-after-free. Call mmgrab()/mmdrop() to ensu…
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High 7.8
video: fbdev: vesafb: Fix a use-after-free due early fb_info cleanup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: vesafb: Fix a use-after-free due early fb_info cleanup Commit b3c9a924aab6 ("fbdev: vesafb: Cleanup fb_info in .fb_destroy rather than .remove") fixed a use-after-free error due…
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High 8.8
wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code In ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_context(), when we have an old context and the new context's replace_state is set to IEEE80211_CHANCTX_REPLACE…
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High 7.8
bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio When the process is migrated to a different cgroup (or in case of writeback just starts submitting bios associated with a different cgroup) b…
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High 7.8
bfq: Avoid merging queues with different parents
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bfq: Avoid merging queues with different parents It can happen that the parent of a bfqq changes between the moment we decide two queues are worth to merge (and set bic->stable_merge_bfqq) an…
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High 7.8
bfq: Make sure bfqg for which we are queueing requests is online
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bfq: Make sure bfqg for which we are queueing requests is online Bios queued into BFQ IO scheduler can be associated with a cgroup that was already offlined. This may then cause insertion of …
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High 7.8
macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the UAF bug for real_…
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High 7.8
ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed There is an use-after-free problem for 'eba_tbl' in ubi_create_volume()'s error handling path: ubi_eba_replace_table(vol…
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High 7.8
driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed When driver_attach(drv); failed, the driver_private will be freed. But it has been added to the bus, which caused a UAF. To fix it, we need to …
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High 7.8
blk-mq: don't touch ->tagset in blk_mq_get_sq_hctx
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: don't touch ->tagset in blk_mq_get_sq_hctx blk_mq_run_hw_queues() could be run when there isn't queued request and after queue is cleaned up, at that time tagset is freed, because tag…
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Critical 9.8
NFSD: Fix potential use-after-free in nfsd_file_put()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix potential use-after-free in nfsd_file_put() nfsd_file_put_noref() can free @nf, so don't dereference @nf immediately upon return from nfsd_file_put_noref().
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High 7.8
drm/panfrost: Job should reference MMU not file_priv
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panfrost: Job should reference MMU not file_priv For a while now it's been allowed for a MMU context to outlive it's corresponding panfrost_priv, however the job structure still reference…
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High 7.8
ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_rename_dir_prepare
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_rename_dir_prepare We got issue as follows: EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: ,errors=continue ext4_get_first_dir_block: bh->b_data=0…
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High 8.8
mt76: fix use-after-free by removing a non-RCU wcid pointer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: fix use-after-free by removing a non-RCU wcid pointer Fixes an issue caught by KASAN about use-after-free in mt76_txq_schedule by protecting mtxq->wcid with rcu_lock between mt76_txq_sc…
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High 7.8
ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent hw_params and hw_free calls
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent hw_params and hw_free calls Currently we have neither proper check nor protection against the concurrent calls of PCM hw_params and hw_free ioctls, which…
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High 7.8
ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent prealloc proc writes
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent prealloc proc writes We have no protection against concurrent PCM buffer preallocation changes via proc files, and it may potentially lead to UAF or some…
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High 7.0
tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip The following sequence of operations results in a refcount warning: 1. Open device /dev/tpmrm. 2. Remove module tpm_tis_spi. 3. Write a TPM com…
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High 7.8
can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb can_put_echo_skb() will clone skb then free the skb. Move the can_put_echo_skb() for the m_can version 3.0.x directly before the star…
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High 7.8
dm: fix use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() uses queue, so it must be called before blk_cleanup_disk() starts its killing: blk_cleanup_disk->blk_cleanup_queue()->k…
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High 7.8
crypto: ccree - Fix use after free in cc_cipher_exit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccree - Fix use after free in cc_cipher_exit() kfree_sensitive(ctx_p->user.key) will free the ctx_p->user.key. But ctx_p->user.key is still used in the next line, which will lead to a…
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High 8.8
ath11k: free peer for station when disconnect from AP for QCA6390/WCN6855
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: free peer for station when disconnect from AP for QCA6390/WCN6855 Commit b4a0f54156ac ("ath11k: move peer delete after vdev stop of station for QCA6390 and WCN6855") is to fix firmwar…
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High 7.8
bpf: Fix UAF due to race between btf_try_get_module and load_module
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix UAF due to race between btf_try_get_module and load_module While working on code to populate kfunc BTF ID sets for module BTF from its initcall, I noticed that by the time the initca…
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High 7.8
cxl/port: Hold port reference until decoder release
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/port: Hold port reference until decoder release KASAN + DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE reports a potential use-after-free in cxl_decoder_release() where it goes to reference its parent, a cxl_port…
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High 7.8
powerpc/pseries: Fix use after free in remove_phb_dynamic()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Fix use after free in remove_phb_dynamic() In remove_phb_dynamic() we use &phb->io_resource, after we've called device_unregister(&host_bridge->dev). But the unregister may h…
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High 7.8
net: hns3: add vlan list lock to protect vlan list
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: add vlan list lock to protect vlan list When adding port base VLAN, vf VLAN need to remove from HW and modify the vlan state in vf VLAN list as false. If the periodicity task is fr…
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High 7.8
block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq Our test report a UAF: [ 2073.019181] ================================================================== [ 2073.019188] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __bfq_put…
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High 7.8
bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_dispatch_request
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_dispatch_request KASAN reports a use-after-free report when doing normal scsi-mq test [69832.239032] ===========================================================…
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High 7.8
btrfs: do not clean up repair bio if submit fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: do not clean up repair bio if submit fails The submit helper will always run bio_endio() on the bio if it fails to submit, so cleaning up the bio just leads to a variety of use-after-f…
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High 7.8
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix queuing commands when HCI_UNREGISTER is set
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix queuing commands when HCI_UNREGISTER is set hci_cmd_sync_queue shall return an error if HCI_UNREGISTER flag has been set as that means hci_unregister_dev has been cal…
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High 7.8
mt76: mt7921: fix crash when startup fails.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix crash when startup fails. If the nic fails to start, it is possible that the reset_work has already been scheduled. Ensure the work item is canceled so we do not have use-af…
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High 7.0
ref_tracker: implement use-after-free detection
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ref_tracker: implement use-after-free detection Whenever ref_tracker_dir_init() is called, mark the struct ref_tracker_dir as dead. Test the dead status from ref_tracker_alloc() and ref_track…
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High 8.8
scsi: libfc: Fix use after free in fc_exch_abts_resp()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libfc: Fix use after free in fc_exch_abts_resp() fc_exch_release(ep) will decrease the ep's reference count. When the reference count reaches zero, it is freed. But ep is still used in …
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: Fix use after free in hci_send_acl
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix use after free in hci_send_acl This fixes the following trace caused by receiving HCI_EV_DISCONN_PHY_LINK_COMPLETE which does call hci_conn_del without first checking if conn->…
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Critical 9.8
skbuff: fix coalescing for page_pool fragment recycling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: skbuff: fix coalescing for page_pool fragment recycling Fix a use-after-free when using page_pool with page fragments. We encountered this problem during normal RX in the hns3 driver: (1) Ini…
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High 7.8
rxrpc: fix a race in rxrpc_exit_net()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: fix a race in rxrpc_exit_net() Current code can lead to the following race: CPU0 CPU1 rxrpc_exit_net() rxrpc_peer_keepalive_worker() if (rxnet->live) rxnet->live = false; del_timer_syn…
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High 7.8
drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in get_initial_state
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in get_initial_state In get_initial_state, it calls notify_initial_state_done(skb,..) if cb->args[5]==1. If genlmsg_put() failed in notify_initial_state_don…