Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49470Bluetooth: btmtksdio: fix use-after-free at btmtksdio_recv_event

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btmtksdio: fix use-after-free at btmtksdio_recv_event We should not access skb buffer data anymore after hci_recv_frame was called. [ 39.634809] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in btmtksdio_recv_event+0x1b0 [ 39.634855] Read of size 1 at addr ffffff80cf28a60d by task kworker [ 39.634962] Call trace: [ 39.634974] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3b8 [ 39.634999] show_stack+0x20/0x2c [ 39.635016] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x78 [ 39.635040] print_address_description+0x70/0x2f0 [ 39.635062] kasan_report+0x154/0x194 [ 39.635079] __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x44/0x50 [ 39.635099] btmtksdio_recv_event+0x1b0/0x1c4 [ 39.635129] btmtksdio_txrx_work+0x6cc/0xac4 [ 39.635157] process_one_work+0x560/0xc5c [ 39.635177] worker_thread+0x7ec/0xcc0 [ 39.635195] kthread+0x2d0/0x3d0 [ 39.635215] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 39.635247] Allocated by task 0: [ 39.635260] (stack is not available) [ 39.635281] Freed by task 2392: [ 39.635295] kasan_save_stack+0x38/0x68 [ 39.635319] kasan_set_track+0x28/0x3c [ 39.635338] kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x4c [ 39.635357] ____kasan_slab_free+0x104/0x150 [ 39.635374] __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x28 [ 39.635391] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x114/0x248 [ 39.635410] kfree+0xf8/0x2b4 [ 39.635427] skb_free_head+0x58/0x98 [ 39.635447] skb_release_data+0x2f4/0x410 [ 39.635464] skb_release_all+0x50/0x60 [ 39.635481] kfree_skb+0xc8/0x25c [ 39.635498] hci_event_packet+0x894/0xca4 [bluetooth] [ 39.635721] hci_rx_work+0x1c8/0x68c [bluetooth] [ 39.635925] process_one_work+0x560/0xc5c [ 39.635951] worker_thread+0x7ec/0xcc0 [ 39.635970] kthread+0x2d0/0x3d0 [ 39.635990] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 39.636021] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffffff80cf28a600 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512 [ 39.636039] The buggy address is located 13 bytes inside of 512-byte region [ffffff80cf28a600, ffffff80cf28a800)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49470
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49470
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-50.56UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1021.26UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1024.30.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1019.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1017.20UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1004.6UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-50.56UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1019.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49470

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9aebfd4a2200ab8075e44379c758bccefdc589bb – before b3cec8a42fcd11d05313c724f27e01b1db77522c9aebfd4a2200ab8075e44379c758bccefdc589bb – before 02ba31e09a26e8cd4582ac8e6163d802849977279aebfd4a2200ab8075e44379c758bccefdc589bb – before 01c6a899fa6be4f4cbf60c4f44f0f6691155415f9aebfd4a2200ab8075e44379c758bccefdc589bb – before 0fab6361c4ba17d1b43a991bef4238a3c1754d35
Linux Linux 5.2

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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