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CVE-2022-48942 (GCVE-0-2022-48942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-22 03:30 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:50
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Title
hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly If an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails, the call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV. This may result in crashes similar to the following. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd ... Internal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 lr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0 sp : ffff800014c4fc60 x29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790 x26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000 x23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd x20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000 x17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040 x14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd x2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd Call trace: mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0 irq_thread+0x134/0x240 kthread+0x178/0x190 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02) Jon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is: hwmon_notify_event() --> hwmon_thermal_notify() --> thermal_zone_device_update() --> update_temperature() --> mutex_lock() The hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails with -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a thermal zone but continue to register the hwmon device.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-10 15:33 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1597b374af22266266e1e20612208c4b11359ad4 , < 962b2a3188bfa5388756ffbc47dfa5ff59cb8011 (git)
Affected: 1597b374af22266266e1e20612208c4b11359ad4 , < 7efe8499cb90651c540753f4269d2d43ede14223 (git)
Affected: 1597b374af22266266e1e20612208c4b11359ad4 , < 8a1969e14ad93663f9a3ed02ccc2138da9956a0e (git)
Affected: 1597b374af22266266e1e20612208c4b11359ad4 , < 1b5f517cca36292076d9e38fa6e33a257703e62e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.103 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.26 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.16.12 , ≤ 5.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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            "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: hwmon: Maneja la falla al registrar correctamente el sensor con zona t\u00e9rmica. Si se intenta acceder a un sensor con zona t\u00e9rmica y falla, la llamada a devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() puede devolver -ENODEV. Esto puede provocar fallos similares a los siguientes. No se puede manejar la desreferencia del puntero NULL del kernel en la direcci\u00f3n virtual 00000000000003cd... Error interno: Ups: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP... pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc: mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 lr: Thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0 sp: ffff800014c4fc60 x29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790 x26: f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000 x23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd x20: ffff365ee8bf3308 ffffffffffffffff x18: 0000000000000000 x17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040 x14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 00000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9: 0000000000000000 x8: 0000000001120000 x7: 0000000000000001 x6: 0000 000000000000 x5: 0068000878e20f07 x4: 0000000000000000 x3: 00000000000003cd x2: ffff365ee3f6e000 x1: 0000000000000000 x0: 00000000000003cd Rastreo de llamadas: mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0 irq_thread+0x134/0x240 kthread+0x178/0x190 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 C\u00f3digo: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02 ) Jon Hunter informa que la secuencia de llamada exacta es: hwmon_notify_event() --\u0026gt; hwmon_thermal_notify() --\u0026gt; Thermal_zone_device_update() --\u0026gt; update_temperature() --\u0026gt; mutex_lock() El n\u00facleo de hwmon necesita manejar todos los errores devueltos por las llamadas a devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). Si la llamada falla con -ENODEV, informe que el sensor no estaba conectado a una zona t\u00e9rmica pero contin\u00fae registrando el dispositivo hwmon."
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