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GHSA-7H7V-XPWQ-J3W4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 18:31 – Updated: 2024-12-30 21:30
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Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/mem: Fix shutdown order

Ira reports that removing cxl_mock_mem causes a crash with the following trace:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000044 [..] RIP: 0010:cxl_region_decode_reset+0x7f/0x180 [cxl_core] [..] Call Trace: cxl_region_detach+0xe8/0x210 [cxl_core] cxl_decoder_kill_region+0x27/0x40 [cxl_core] cxld_unregister+0x29/0x40 [cxl_core] devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110 device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70 device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210 bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150 device_del+0x155/0x3e0 device_unregister+0x13/0x60 devm_release_action+0x4d/0x90 ? __pfx_unregister_port+0x10/0x10 [cxl_core] delete_endpoint+0x121/0x130 [cxl_core] devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110 device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70 device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210 bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150 device_del+0x155/0x3e0 ? lock_release+0x142/0x290 cdev_device_del+0x15/0x50 cxl_memdev_unregister+0x54/0x70 [cxl_core]

This crash is due to the clearing out the cxl_memdev's driver context (@cxlds) before the subsystem is done with it. This is ultimately due to the region(s), that this memdev is a member, being torn down and expecting to be able to de-reference @cxlds, like here:

static int cxl_region_decode_reset(struct cxl_region *cxlr, int count) ... if (cxlds->rcd) goto endpoint_reset; ...

Fix it by keeping the driver context valid until memdev-device unregistration, and subsequently the entire stack of related dependencies, unwinds.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-52849"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-21T16:15:22Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/mem: Fix shutdown order\n\nIra reports that removing cxl_mock_mem causes a crash with the following\ntrace:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000044\n [..]\n RIP: 0010:cxl_region_decode_reset+0x7f/0x180 [cxl_core]\n [..]\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  cxl_region_detach+0xe8/0x210 [cxl_core]\n  cxl_decoder_kill_region+0x27/0x40 [cxl_core]\n  cxld_unregister+0x29/0x40 [cxl_core]\n  devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110\n  device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210\n  bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150\n  device_del+0x155/0x3e0\n  device_unregister+0x13/0x60\n  devm_release_action+0x4d/0x90\n  ? __pfx_unregister_port+0x10/0x10 [cxl_core]\n  delete_endpoint+0x121/0x130 [cxl_core]\n  devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110\n  device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210\n  bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150\n  device_del+0x155/0x3e0\n  ? lock_release+0x142/0x290\n  cdev_device_del+0x15/0x50\n  cxl_memdev_unregister+0x54/0x70 [cxl_core]\n\nThis crash is due to the clearing out the cxl_memdev\u0027s driver context\n(@cxlds) before the subsystem is done with it. This is ultimately due to\nthe region(s), that this memdev is a member, being torn down and expecting\nto be able to de-reference @cxlds, like here:\n\nstatic int cxl_region_decode_reset(struct cxl_region *cxlr, int count)\n...\n                if (cxlds-\u003ercd)\n                        goto endpoint_reset;\n...\n\nFix it by keeping the driver context valid until memdev-device\nunregistration, and subsequently the entire stack of related\ndependencies, unwinds.",
  "id": "GHSA-7h7v-xpwq-j3w4",
  "modified": "2024-12-30T21:30:46Z",
  "published": "2024-05-21T18:31:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52849"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca074f7d788627a4e0b047ca5fbdb5fc567220c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20bd0198bebdd706bd4614b3933ef70d7c19618f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7371b41a14e86f53e7dbe5baa7b1d3e0ab324b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d3917f82ed4215a2154432c26de1480a61b209"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad22a757029c3a1985c221a2d4a6491ad4035ae"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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