{ "schema_version": "1.6.1", "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-50150", "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z", "upstream": [ "CVE-2024-50150" ], "published": "2024-11-07T09:34:57Z", "summary": "usb: typec: altmode should keep reference to parent", "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: altmode should keep reference to parent\n\nThe altmode device release refers to its parent device, but without keeping\na reference to it.\n\nWhen registering the altmode, get a reference to the parent and put it in\nthe release function.\n\nBefore this fix, when using CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE, we see issues\nlike this:\n\n[ 43.572860] kobject: 'port0.0' (ffff8880057ba008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)\n[ 43.573532] kobject: 'port0.1' (ffff8880057bd008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 1000)\n[ 43.574407] kobject: 'port0' (ffff8880057b9008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)\n[ 43.575059] kobject: 'port1.0' (ffff8880057ca008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)\n[ 43.575908] kobject: 'port1.1' (ffff8880057c9008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)\n[ 43.576908] kobject: 'typec' (ffff8880062dbc00): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 4000)\n[ 43.577769] kobject: 'port1' (ffff8880057bf008): kobject_release, parent 0000000000000000 (delayed 3000)\n[ 46.612867] ==================================================================\n[ 46.613402] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129\n[ 46.614003] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880057b9118 by task kworker/2:1/48\n[ 46.614538]\n[ 46.614668] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 48 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-00138-gedbae730ad31 #535\n[ 46.615391] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014\n[ 46.616042] Workqueue: events kobject_delayed_cleanup\n[ 46.616446] Call Trace:\n[ 46.616648] \n[ 46.616820] dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x7c\n[ 46.617112] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129\n[ 46.617470] print_report+0x14c/0x49e\n[ 46.617769] ? rcu_read_unlock_sched+0x56/0x69\n[ 46.618117] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x1ab\n[ 46.618456] ? kmem_cache_debug_flags+0xc/0x1d\n[ 46.618807] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129\n[ 46.619161] kasan_report+0x8d/0xb4\n[ 46.619447] ? typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129\n[ 46.619809] ? process_scheduled_works+0x3cb/0x85f\n[ 46.620185] typec_altmode_release+0x38/0x129\n[ 46.620537] ? process_scheduled_works+0x3cb/0x85f\n[ 46.620907] device_release+0xaf/0xf2\n[ 46.621206] kobject_delayed_cleanup+0x13b/0x17a\n[ 46.621584] process_scheduled_works+0x4f6/0x85f\n[ 46.621955] ? __pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10\n[ 46.622353] ? hlock_class+0x31/0x9a\n[ 46.622647] ? lock_acquired+0x361/0x3c3\n[ 46.622956] ? move_linked_works+0x46/0x7d\n[ 46.623277] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x291\n[ 46.623582] ? __kthread_parkme+0xc8/0xdf\n[ 46.623900] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[ 46.624236] kthread+0x17e/0x190\n[ 46.624501] ? kthread+0xfb/0x190\n[ 46.624756] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 46.625015] ret_from_fork+0x20/0x40\n[ 46.625268] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 46.625532] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[ 46.625805] \n[ 46.625953]\n[ 46.626056] Allocated by task 678:\n[ 46.626287] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x44\n[ 46.626555] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x2d\n[ 46.626811] __kasan_kmalloc+0x3f/0x4d\n[ 46.627049] __kmalloc_noprof+0x1bf/0x1f0\n[ 46.627362] typec_register_port+0x23/0x491\n[ 46.627698] cros_typec_probe+0x634/0xbb6\n[ 46.628026] platform_probe+0x47/0x8c\n[ 46.628311] really_probe+0x20a/0x47d\n[ 46.628605] device_driver_attach+0x39/0x72\n[ 46.628940] bind_store+0x87/0xd7\n[ 46.629213] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1aa/0x218\n[ 46.629574] vfs_write+0x1d6/0x29b\n[ 46.629856] ksys_write+0xcd/0x13b\n[ 46.630128] do_syscall_64+0xd4/0x139\n[ 46.630420] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n[ 46.630820]\n[ 46.630946] Freed by task 48:\n[ 46.631182] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x44\n[ 46.631493] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x2d\n[ 46.631799] kasan_save_free_info+0x3f/0x4d\n[ 46.632144] __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x45\n[ 46.632474]\n---truncated---", "affected": [ { "package": { "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12", "name": "linux" }, "versions": [ "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" ], "ecosystem_specific": { "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712", "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6", "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7", "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l", "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8", "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4" } ] }, "database_specific": { "per_version": { "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": { "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e", "upstream_version": "6.1.47", "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)", "upstream_fixed": "6.1.115", "compiled_filter": false } } } } ], "references": [ { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50150" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b0b33e8a58388fa9078f0fbe9af1900e6b08879" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c15c4133d00f5da632fce60ed013fc31aa9aa58" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6af43ec3bf40f8b428d9134ffa7a291aecd60da8" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87474406056891e4fdea0794e1f632b21b3dfa27" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee1b68cb8bcee4fd3a8bde3a4886e0b1375dc4d" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ded6b12499e6dee9b0e1ceac633be36538f6fc2" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a7c7fe322546be1464174c8d85874b8161deda" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/befab3a278c59db0cc88c8799638064f6d3fd6f8" } ], "database_specific": { "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git", "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T11:52:36Z" } }