CVE-2024-56554

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.12-6.12.3 - Use-After-Free in Binder Reference Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix freeze UAF in binder_release_work() When a binder reference is cleaned up, any freeze work queued in the associated process should also be removed. Otherwise, the reference is freed while its ref->freeze.work is still queued in proc->work leading to a use-after-free issue as shown by the following KASAN report: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_release_work+0x398/0x3d0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff31600ee91488 by task kworker/5:1/211 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 211 Comm: kworker/5:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-00382-gfc6c92196396 #22 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func Call trace: binder_release_work+0x398/0x3d0 binder_deferred_func+0xb60/0x109c process_one_work+0x51c/0xbd4 worker_thread+0x608/0xee8 Allocated by task 703: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x130/0x280 binder_thread_write+0xdb4/0x42a0 binder_ioctl+0x18f0/0x25ac __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x124/0x190 invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x254 Freed by task 211: kfree+0xc4/0x230 binder_deferred_func+0xae8/0x109c process_one_work+0x51c/0xbd4 worker_thread+0x608/0xee8 ================================================================== This commit fixes the issue by ensuring any queued freeze work is removed when cleaning up a binder reference.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12.4 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux d579b04a52a183db47dfcb7a44304d7747d551e1 - 7e20434cbca814cb91a0a261ca0106815ef48e5f
Linux/Linux d579b04a52a183db47dfcb7a44304d7747d551e1 - fe39e0ea2d0ba7f508ff453c4c9a44a95ec0de29
linux/linux_kernel 6.12 - 6.12.4
Published Dec 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026