Re: CVE-2024-53144: Bluetooth: hci_event: Align BR/EDR JUST_WORKS paring with LE

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 06:07:40PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 04:55:10PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Description
> > ===========
> > 
> > In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
> > 
> > Bluetooth: hci_event: Align BR/EDR JUST_WORKS paring with LE
> > 
> > This aligned BR/EDR JUST_WORKS method with LE which since 92516cd97fd4
> > ("Bluetooth: Always request for user confirmation for Just Works")
> > always request user confirmation with confirm_hint set since the
> > likes of bluetoothd have dedicated policy around JUST_WORKS method
> > (e.g. main.conf:JustWorksRepairing).
> > 
> > CVE: CVE-2024-8805
> > 
> > The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-53144 to this issue.
> > 
> > 
> > Affected and fixed versions
> > ===========================
> > 
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.16 with commit ba15a58b179e and fixed in 6.1.113 with commit d17c631ba04e
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.16 with commit ba15a58b179e and fixed in 6.6.55 with commit 830c03e58beb
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.16 with commit ba15a58b179e and fixed in 6.10.14 with commit ad7adfb95f64
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.16 with commit ba15a58b179e and fixed in 6.11.3 with commit 5291ff856d2c
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.16 with commit ba15a58b179e and fixed in 6.12 with commit b25e11f978b6
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.2.61 with commit 373d1dfcffc6
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.4.98 with commit bc96ff59b2f1
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.10.48 with commit 6ab84785311d
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.12.25 with commit 778763287ded
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.14.12 with commit 9a5fcacabde0
> > 	Issue introduced in 3.15.5 with commit 039da39a6161
> > 
> > Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
> > kernel versions by the kernel community.
> > 
> > Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
> > older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
> > 	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2024-53144
> > will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
> > up to date information about this issue.
> > 
> > 
> > Affected files
> > ==============
> > 
> > The file(s) affected by this issue are:
> > 	net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> > 
> > 
> > Mitigation
> > ==========
> > 
> > The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
> > stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
> > changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
> > release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
> > supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
> > the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
> > issue can be found at these commits:
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d17c631ba04e960eb6f8728b10d585de20ac4f71
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830c03e58beb70b99349760f822e505ecb4eeb7e
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad7adfb95f64a761e4784381e47bee1a362eb30d
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5291ff856d2c5177b4fe9c18828312be30213193
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b25e11f978b63cb7857890edb3a698599cddb10e
> 
> I asume that https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1229/
> back then which has referenced CVE-2024-8805 is cosindered invalid
> right?
> 
> Cc'ing 	zdi@trendmicro.com 

Yes, ZDI has been asked to reject the CVE that they created against the
Linux project, as they are not allowed to do that.

thanks,

greg k-h