CVE-2024-58009
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: handle NULL sock pointer in l2cap_sock_alloc A NULL sock pointer is passed into l2cap_sock_alloc() when it is called from l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() and the error…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: handle NULL sock pointer in l2cap_sock_alloc A NULL sock pointer is passed into l2cap_sock_alloc() when it is called from l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() and the error handling paths should also be aware of it. Seemingly a more elegant solution would be to swap bt_sock_alloc() and l2cap_chan_create() calls since they are not interdependent to that moment but then l2cap_chan_create() adds the soon to be deallocated and still dummy-initialized channel to the global list accessible by many L2CAP paths. The channel would be removed from the list in short period of time but be a bit more straight-forward here and just check for NULL instead of changing the order of function calls. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE static analysis tool.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245d48c1ba3e7a1779c2f4cbc6f581ddc8a78e22Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/297ce7f544aa675b0d136d788cad0710cdfb0785Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c0d55d59662430f1829ae85b969619573d0fa1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f397409f8ee5bc82901eeaf799e1cbc4f8edcf1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691218a50c3139f7f57ffa79fb89d932eda9571ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e605f580a97530e5a3583beea458a3fa4cbefbdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a7672fc1a0fe18502493936ccb06413ab89ea6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf601a24120c674cd7c907ea695f92617af6abd0Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.