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HistoryFeb 29, 2024 - 5:43 a.m.

CVE-2023-52478 HID: logitech-hidpp: Fix kernel crash on receiver USB disconnect

2024-02-2905:43:10
Linux
www.cve.org
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linux kernel
hidpp vulnerability
usb disconnect

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.0%

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

HID: logitech-hidpp: Fix kernel crash on receiver USB disconnect

hidpp_connect_event() has four time-of-check vs time-of-use (TOCTOU)
races when it races with itself.

hidpp_connect_event() primarily runs from a workqueue but it also runs
on probe() and if a “device-connected” packet is received by the hw
when the thread running hidpp_connect_event() from probe() is waiting on
the hw, then a second thread running hidpp_connect_event() will be
started from the workqueue.

This opens the following races (note the below code is simplified):

  1. Retrieving + printing the protocol (harmless race):

    if (!hidpp->protocol_major) {
    hidpp_root_get_protocol_version()
    hidpp->protocol_major = response.rap.params[0];
    }

We can actually see this race hit in the dmesg in the abrt output
attached to rhbz#2227968:

[ 3064.624215] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4071.0049: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
[ 3064.658184] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4071.0049: HID++ 4.5 device connected.

Testing with extra logging added has shown that after this the 2 threads
take turn grabbing the hw access mutex (send_mutex) so they ping-pong
through all the other TOCTOU cases managing to hit all of them:

  1. Updating the name to the HIDPP name (harmless race):

    if (hidpp->name == hdev->name) {

    hidpp->name = new_name;
    }

  2. Initializing the power_supply class for the battery (problematic!):

hidpp_initialize_battery()
{
if (hidpp->battery.ps)
return 0;

probe_battery(); /* Blocks, threads take turns executing this */

hidpp->battery.desc.properties =
	devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL);

hidpp->battery.ps =
	devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev,
				   &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg);

}

  1. Creating delayed input_device (potentially problematic):

    if (hidpp->delayed_input)
    return;

    hidpp->delayed_input = hidpp_allocate_input(hdev);

The really big problem here is 3. Hitting the race leads to the following
sequence:

hidpp->battery.desc.properties =
	devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL);

hidpp->battery.ps =
	devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev,
				   &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg);

...

hidpp->battery.desc.properties =
	devm_kmemdup(dev, hidpp_battery_props, cnt, GFP_KERNEL);

hidpp->battery.ps =
	devm_power_supply_register(&hidpp->hid_dev->dev,
				   &hidpp->battery.desc, cfg);

So now we have registered 2 power supplies for the same battery,
which looks a bit weird from userspace’s pov but this is not even
the really big problem.

Notice how:

  1. This is all devm-maganaged
  2. The hidpp->battery.desc struct is shared between the 2 power supplies
  3. hidpp->battery.desc.properties points to the result from the second
    devm_kmemdup()

This causes a use after free scenario on USB disconnect of the receiver:

  1. The last registered power supply class device gets unregistered
  2. The memory from the last devm_kmemdup() call gets freed,
    hidpp->battery.desc.properties now points to freed memory
  3. The first registered power supply class device gets unregistered,
    this involves sending a remove uevent to userspace which invokes
    power_supply_uevent() to fill the uevent data
  4. power_supply_uevent() uses hidpp->battery.desc.properties which
    now points to freed memory leading to backtraces like this one:

Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffb2140e017f08

Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: RIP: 0010:power_supply_uevent+0xee/0x1d0

Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? power_supply_uevent+0xee/0x1d0
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: ? power_supply_uevent+0x10d/0x1d0
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: dev_uevent+0x10f/0x2d0
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel: kobject_uevent_env+0x291/0x680
Sep 22 20:01:35 eric kernel:
—truncated—

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "ca0c4cc1d215",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "44481b244fca",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "cd0e2bf7fb22",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "093af62c0235",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "28ddc1e0b898",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "fd72ac9556a4",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "f7b2c7d9831a",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "dac501397b9d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.14.328",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.297",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.259",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.199",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.136",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.59",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.5.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.0%