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  "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-53237",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-53237"
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  "published": "2024-12-27T13:53:01Z",
  "summary": "Bluetooth: fix use-after-free in device_for_each_child()",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: fix use-after-free in device_for_each_child()\n\nSyzbot has reported the following KASAN splat:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in device_for_each_child+0x18f/0x1a0\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88801f605308 by task kbnepd bnep0/4980\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4980 Comm: kbnepd bnep0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00161-gae90f6a6170d #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190\n ? device_for_each_child+0x18f/0x1a0\n print_report+0x13a/0x4cb\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x5e/0x590\n ? __phys_addr+0xc6/0x150\n ? device_for_each_child+0x18f/0x1a0\n kasan_report+0xda/0x110\n ? device_for_each_child+0x18f/0x1a0\n ? __pfx_dev_memalloc_noio+0x10/0x10\n device_for_each_child+0x18f/0x1a0\n ? __pfx_device_for_each_child+0x10/0x10\n pm_runtime_set_memalloc_noio+0xf2/0x180\n netdev_unregister_kobject+0x1ed/0x270\n unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x123c/0x1d80\n ? __mutex_trylock_common+0xde/0x250\n ? __pfx_unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x10/0x10\n ? trace_contention_end+0xe6/0x140\n ? __mutex_lock+0x4e7/0x8f0\n ? __pfx_lock_acquire.part.0+0x10/0x10\n ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n ? unregister_netdev+0x12/0x30\n unregister_netdevice_queue+0x30d/0x3f0\n ? __pfx_unregister_netdevice_queue+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_down_write+0x10/0x10\n unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x30\n bnep_session+0x1fb3/0x2ab0\n ? __pfx_bnep_session+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_woken_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n ? __kthread_parkme+0x132/0x200\n ? __pfx_bnep_session+0x10/0x10\n ? kthread+0x13a/0x370\n ? __pfx_bnep_session+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x2b7/0x370\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 4974:\n kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x1d1/0x440\n hci_alloc_dev_priv+0x1d/0x2820\n __vhci_create_device+0xef/0x7d0\n vhci_write+0x2c7/0x480\n vfs_write+0x6a0/0xfc0\n ksys_write+0x12f/0x260\n do_syscall_64+0xc7/0x250\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFreed by task 4979:\n kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n __kasan_slab_free+0x4f/0x70\n kfree+0x141/0x490\n hci_release_dev+0x4d9/0x600\n bt_host_release+0x6a/0xb0\n device_release+0xa4/0x240\n kobject_put+0x1ec/0x5a0\n put_device+0x1f/0x30\n vhci_release+0x81/0xf0\n __fput+0x3f6/0xb30\n task_work_run+0x151/0x250\n do_exit+0xa79/0x2c30\n do_group_exit+0xd5/0x2a0\n get_signal+0x1fcd/0x2210\n arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x93/0x780\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x140/0x290\n do_syscall_64+0xd4/0x250\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nIn 'hci_conn_del_sysfs()', 'device_unregister()' may be called when\nan underlying (kobject) reference counter is greater than 1. This\nmeans that reparenting (happened when the device is actually freed)\nis delayed and, during that delay, parent controller device (hciX)\nmay be deleted. Since the latter may create a dangling pointer to\nfreed parent, avoid that scenario by reparenting to NULL explicitly.",
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