CVE-2023-52833

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Add date->evt_skb is NULL check fix crash because of null pointers [ 6104.969662] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c8 [ 6104.969667] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 6104.969668] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 6104.969670] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 6104.969673] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 6104.969684] RIP: 0010:btusb_mtk_hci_wmt_sync+0x144/0x220 [btusb] [ 6104.969688] RSP: 0018:ffffb8d681533d48 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 6104.969689] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8ad560bb2000 RCX: 0000000000000006 [ 6104.969691] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffb8d681533d08 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 6104.969692] RBP: ffffb8d681533d70 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 6104.969694] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000fa83b2da R12: ffff8ad461d1d7c0 [ 6104.969695] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8ad459618c18 R15: ffffb8d681533d90 [ 6104.969697] FS: 00007f5a1cab9d40(0000) GS:ffff8ad578200000(0000) knlGS:00000 [ 6104.969699] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6104.969700] CR2: 00000000000000c8 CR3: 000000018620c001 CR4: 0000000000760ef0 [ 6104.969701] PKRU: 55555554 [ 6104.969702] Call Trace: [ 6104.969708] btusb_mtk_shutdown+0x44/0x80 [btusb] [ 6104.969732] hci_dev_do_close+0x470/0x5c0 [bluetooth] [ 6104.969748] hci_rfkill_set_block+0x56/0xa0 [bluetooth] [ 6104.969753] rfkill_set_block+0x92/0x160 [ 6104.969755] rfkill_fop_write+0x136/0x1e0 [ 6104.969759] __vfs_write+0x18/0x40 [ 6104.969761] vfs_write+0xdf/0x1c0 [ 6104.969763] ksys_write+0xb1/0xe0 [ 6104.969765] __x64_sys_write+0x1a/0x20 [ 6104.969769] do_syscall_64+0x51/0x180 [ 6104.969771] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 [ 6104.969773] RIP: 0033:0x7f5a21f18fef [ 6104.9] RSP: 002b:00007ffeefe39010 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ 6104.969780] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055c10a7560a0 RCX: 00007f5a21f18fef [ 6104.969781] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 00007ffeefe39060 RDI: 0000000000000012 [ 6104.969782] RBP: 00007ffeefe39060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000017 [ 6104.969784] R10: 00007ffeefe38d97 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000002 [ 6104.969785] R13: 00007ffeefe39220 R14: 00007ffeefe391a0 R15: 000055c10a72acf0

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.45.5N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredHighLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-476

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

NULL pointer dereferences usually result in the failure of the process unless exception handling (on some platforms) is available and implemented. Even when exception handling is being used, it can still be very difficult to return the software to a safe state of operation.

Integrity,Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Read Memory; Modify Memory

In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution.

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