Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix Null pointer dereference in btnxpuart_flush()

This adds a check before freeing the rx->skb in flush and close
functions to handle the kernel crash seen while removing driver after FW
download fails or before FW download completes.

dmesg log:
[ 54.634586] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000080
[ 54.643398] Mem abort info:
[ 54.646204] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 54.649964] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 54.655286] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 54.658348] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 54.661498] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 54.666391] Data abort info:
[ 54.669273] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 54.674768] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 54.674771] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 54.674775] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000048860000
[ 54.674780] [0000000000000080] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 54.703880] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 54.710152] Modules linked in: btnxpuart(-) overlay fsl_jr_uio caam_jr caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes crct10dif_ce polyval_ce polyval_generic snd_soc_imx_spdif snd_soc_imx_card snd_soc_ak5558 snd_soc_ak4458 caam secvio error snd_soc_fsl_micfil snd_soc_fsl_spdif snd_soc_fsl_sai snd_soc_fsl_utils imx_pcm_dma gpio_ir_recv ...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-46749

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 0.0

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013dae4735d2010544d1f2121bdeb8e6c9ea171e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/056e0cd381d59a9124b7c43dd715e15f56a11635
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68bbf5e334b35b36ac5b9f0419f1f93f796bad1

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