CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2024-36013 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to return a potentially freed pointer. Making it void will help with backports because earlier kernels did use the return value. Now the compile will break for kernels where this patch is not a complete fix. Call stack summary: [use] l2cap_bredr_sig_cmd l2cap_connect ┌ mutex_lock(&conn->chan_lock); │ chan = pchan->ops->new_connection(pchan); <- alloc chan │ __l2cap_chan_add(conn, chan); │ l2cap_chan_hold(chan); │ list_add(&chan->list, &conn->chan_l); ... (1) └ mutex_unlock(&conn->chan_lock); chan->conf_state ... (4) <- use after free [free] l2cap_conn_del ┌ mutex_lock(&conn->chan_lock); │ foreach chan in conn->chan_l: ... (2) │ l2cap_chan_put(chan); │ l2cap_chan_destroy │ kfree(chan) ... (3) <- chan freed └ mutex_unlock(&conn->chan_lock); ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [in…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-05-23
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.9

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Matched remediation archetype

Use-after-free, double free, and expired resource use

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Check exposure

  • Trace ownership, references, callbacks, asynchronous tasks, and teardown paths around the affected object or resource.
  • Identify reachable inputs and timing or state transitions that can release the object while references remain.
  • Confirm affected builds, allocators, feature flags, architectures, and process privileges.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained ownership or lifetime fix and rebuild all artifacts containing the affected native code.
  • Use explicit ownership, safe reference management, cancellation and join semantics, and idempotent teardown.
  • Add deterministic lifetime tests plus isolated sanitizer and concurrency coverage for shutdown and error paths.

Authoritative sources

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