CVE-2024-53208 - Vulnerability Details

- Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync

Description

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

Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync

This fixes the following crash:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888029b4dd18 by task kworker/u9:0/54

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-01155-gf723224742fc #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488
q kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601
set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312
worker_thread+0x86d/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:3389
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
</TASK>

Allocated by task 5247:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:370 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:387
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x19c/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4193
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:681 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:807 [inline]
mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x250 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:269
mgmt_pending_add+0x36/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296
set_powered+0x3cd/0x5e0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1394
hci_mgmt_cmd+0xc47/0x11d0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1712
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x7b8/0x11c0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1832
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745
sock_write_iter+0x2dd/0x400 net/socket.c:1160
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline]
vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590
ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 5246:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579
poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240
__kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline]
kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4598
settings_rsp+0x2bc/0x390 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1443
mgmt_pending_foreach+0xd1/0x130 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:259
__mgmt_power_off+0x112/0x420 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9455
hci_dev_close_sync+0x665/0x11a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5191
hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:483 [inline]
hci_dev_close+0x112/0x210 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:508
sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222
sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83gv
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Published: 2024-12-27

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`275f3f64870245b06188f24bdf917e55a813d294`	affected	< cdfc818ffdfeb8266351ed59b6d884056009a095
`275f3f64870245b06188f24bdf917e55a813d294`	affected	< 95f7a972194ad20696c36523b54c19a3567e0697
`275f3f64870245b06188f24bdf917e55a813d294`	affected	< 6b75f32bce90c085c89c45761373d940fdcff68c
`275f3f64870245b06188f24bdf917e55a813d294`	affected	< 87819234aa1d2a0cb0f962fabb335e798f5ec8b2
`275f3f64870245b06188f24bdf917e55a813d294`	affected	< 0b882940665ca2849386ee459d4331aa2f8c4e7d

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.17`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 5.17
`6.1.120`	unaffected	≤ 6.1.*
`6.6.64`	unaffected	≤ 6.6.*
`6.11.11`	unaffected	≤ 6.11.*
`6.12.2`	unaffected	≤ 6.12.*
`6.13`	unaffected	≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2025:6966	2025-05-13T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2025:6966	2025-05-13T00:00:00Z

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-4076-1	linux-6.1 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2024-51880	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync This fixes the following crash: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888029b4dd18 by task kworker/u9:0/54 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-01155-gf723224742fc #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 q kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:3389 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> Allocated by task 5247: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:370 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:387 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x19c/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4193 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:681 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:807 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x250 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:269 mgmt_pending_add+0x36/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296 set_powered+0x3cd/0x5e0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1394 hci_mgmt_cmd+0xc47/0x11d0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1712 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x7b8/0x11c0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1832 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 sock_write_iter+0x2dd/0x400 net/socket.c:1160 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5246: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579 poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline] kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4598 settings_rsp+0x2bc/0x390 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1443 mgmt_pending_foreach+0xd1/0x130 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:259 __mgmt_power_off+0x112/0x420 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9455 hci_dev_close_sync+0x665/0x11a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5191 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:483 [inline] hci_dev_close+0x112/0x210 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:508 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222 sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83gv entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Ubuntu USN	USN-7276-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7277-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7310-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7449-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7449-2	Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7450-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7451-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7452-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7453-1	Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7468-1	Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7523-1	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7524-1	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b882940665ca2849386ee459d4331aa2f8c4e7d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b75f32bce90c085c89c45761373d940fdcff68c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87819234aa1d2a0cb0f962fabb335e798f5ec8b2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f7a972194ad20696c36523b54c19a3567e0697
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdfc818ffdfeb8266351ed59b6d884056009a095
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122729-CVE-2024-53208-dff3@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53208
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53208

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

Wed, 14 May 2025 02:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs		cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products		Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	threat_severity `Low`	threat_severity `Moderate`

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses		CWE-416
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122729-CVE-2024-53208-dff3@gregkh/T https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53208 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53208
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` threat_severity `Low`

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync This fixes the following crash: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888029b4dd18 by task kworker/u9:0/54 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6-syzkaller-01155-gf723224742fc #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 q kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 set_powered_sync+0x3a/0xc0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1353 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:328 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:3389 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> Allocated by task 5247: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:370 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:387 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x19c/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4193 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:681 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:807 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x250 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:269 mgmt_pending_add+0x36/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:296 set_powered+0x3cd/0x5e0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1394 hci_mgmt_cmd+0xc47/0x11d0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1712 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x7b8/0x11c0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1832 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 sock_write_iter+0x2dd/0x400 net/socket.c:1160 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0xa72/0xc90 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1a0/0x2c0 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5246: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579 poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2256 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4477 [inline] kfree+0x149/0x360 mm/slub.c:4598 settings_rsp+0x2bc/0x390 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:1443 mgmt_pending_foreach+0xd1/0x130 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:259 __mgmt_power_off+0x112/0x420 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9455 hci_dev_close_sync+0x665/0x11a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5191 hci_dev_do_close net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:483 [inline] hci_dev_close+0x112/0x210 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:508 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222 sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83gv entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Title		Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in set_powered_sync
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b882940665ca2849386ee459d4331aa2f8c4e7d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b75f32bce90c085c89c45761373d940fdcff68c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87819234aa1d2a0cb0f962fabb335e798f5ec8b2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f7a972194ad20696c36523b54c19a3567e0697 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdfc818ffdfeb8266351ed59b6d884056009a095

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Linux Linux Kernel

Redhat Enterprise Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-12-27T13:49:54.122Z

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:52:56.057Z

Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.020Z

Link: CVE-2024-53208

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-06T16:07:49.871Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-12-27T14:15:28.677

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:17:42.030

Link: CVE-2024-53208

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-12-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-53208 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Tracking

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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