Bug 2036682 (CVE-2021-4202)

Summary:	CVE-2021-4202 kernel: Race condition in nci_request() leads to use after free while the device is getting removed
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bdettelb, bhu, chwhite, crwood, dvlasenk, hkrzesin, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jeremy, jfaracco, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, jonathan, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, lzampier, masami256, mchehab, mleitner, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rkeshri, rvrbovsk, scweaver, steved, vkumar, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.16 rc2	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A use-after-free flaw was found in nci_request in net/nfc/nci/core.c in NFC Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel. This flaw could allow a local attacker with user privileges to cause a data race problem while the device is getting removed, leading to a privilege escalation problem.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2038123
Bug Blocks:	2036683, 2038882

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-03 15:05:54 UTC

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Similar to the CVE-2021-35373, the nci_request() function in NFC NCI code also suffers from a data race. This race will allow __nci_request() to be awaken while the device is getting removed and cause UAF. The attacker can spray the released object to gain powerful primitive.

Upstream commit:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=86cdf8e38792545161dbe3350a7eced558ba4d15
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=48b71a9e66c2eab60564b1b1c85f4928ed04e406
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=3e3b5dfcd16a3e254aab61bd1e8c417dd4503102
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=aedddb4e45b34426cfbfa84454b6f203712733c5

Comment 2 Rohit Keshri 2022-01-07 10:50:04 UTC

There was no shipped kernel version that was seen affected by this problem. These files are not built in our source code.

Comment 9 juneau 2022-01-07 12:51:58 UTC

Managed Services not affected.