CVE-2024-46740

binder: fix UAF caused by offsets overwrite

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2024 at 07:12 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix UAF caused by offsets overwrite Binder objects are processed and copied individually into the target buffer during transactions. Any raw data in-between these objects is copied as well. However, this raw data copy lacks an out-of-bounds check. If the raw data exceeds the data section size then the copy overwrites the offsets section. This eventually triggers an error that attempts to unwind the processed objects. However, at this point the offsets used to index these objects are now corrupted. Unwinding with corrupted offsets can result in decrements of arbitrary nodes and lead to their premature release. Other users of such nodes are left with a dangling pointer triggering a use-after-free. This issue is made evident by the following KASAN report (trimmed): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x19c Write of size 4 at addr ffff47fc91598f04 by task binder-util/743 CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 743 Comm: binder-util Not tainted 6.11.0-rc4 #1 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x19c binder_free_buf+0x128/0x434 binder_thread_write+0x8a4/0x3260 binder_ioctl+0x18f0/0x258c [...] Allocated by task 743: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x110/0x270 binder_new_node+0x50/0x700 binder_transaction+0x413c/0x6da8 binder_thread_write+0x978/0x3260 binder_ioctl+0x18f0/0x258c [...] Freed by task 745: kfree+0xbc/0x208 binder_thread_read+0x1c5c/0x37d4 binder_ioctl+0x16d8/0x258c [...] ================================================================== To avoid this issue, let's check that the raw data copy is within the boundaries of the data section.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 5.16.35.10.157 ≤ v < 5.10.2265.15.17 ≤ v < 5.15.1675.16.3 ≤ v < 5.175.17 ≤ v < 6.1.1105.17 ≤ v < 6.10.105.17 ≤ v < 6.115.17 ≤ v < 6.6.515.4.226 ≤ v < 5.4.2846.2 ≤ v < 6.6.516.7 ≤ v < 6.10.1023e9d815fad84c1bee3742a8de4bd395104353625.10.1575.15.175.16.35.4.2266.11 rc16.11 rc26.11 rc36.11 rc46.11 rc56.11 rc666e12f5b3a9733f941893a00753b10498724607d6d98eb95b450a75adb4516a1d33652dc78d2b20c7a9ad4aceb0226b391c9d3b8e4ac2e7d438b6bdec056a6ba35e00ae943e377eb09abd77a6915b31a
Vendor states this is fixed in 109e845c1184c9f786d41516348ba3efd9112792 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f33d9f1d9ac3f0129f8508925000900c2fe5bb0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3a8154bb4ab4a01390a3abf1e6afac296e037da4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4df153652cc46545722879415937582028c18af5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4f79e0b80dc69bd5eaaed70f0df1b558728b4e59 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5a32bfd23022ffa7e152f273fa3fa29befb7d929 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eef79854a04feac5b861f94d7b19cbbe79874117 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.226 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.167 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.284 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.51 (unaffected)

References (9)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109e845c1184c9f786d41516348ba3efd9112792
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f33d9f1d9ac3f0129f8508925000900c2fe5bb0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a8154bb4ab4a01390a3abf1e6afac296e037da4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df153652cc46545722879415937582028c18af5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f79e0b80dc69bd5eaaed70f0df1b558728b4e59
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a32bfd23022ffa7e152f273fa3fa29befb7d929
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef79854a04feac5b861f94d7b19cbbe79874117
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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