ghsa-8gxf-54jp-wccf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-08-21 00:30
Modified
2024-09-03 15:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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

net: wan: fsl_qmc_hdlc: Convert carrier_lock spinlock to a mutex

The carrier_lock spinlock protects the carrier detection. While it is held, framer_get_status() is called which in turn takes a mutex. This is not correct and can lead to a deadlock.

A run with PROVE_LOCKING enabled detected the issue: [ BUG: Invalid wait context ] ... c204ddbc (&framer->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: framer_get_status+0x40/0x78 other info that might help us debug this: context-{4:4} 2 locks held by ifconfig/146: #0: c0926a38 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x12c/0x664 #1: c2006a40 (&qmc_hdlc->carrier_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: qmc_hdlc_framer_set_carrier+0x30/0x98

Avoid the spinlock usage and convert carrier_lock to a mutex.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2024-43862",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-667",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2024-08-21T00:15:04Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: wan: fsl_qmc_hdlc: Convert carrier_lock spinlock to a mutex\n\nThe carrier_lock spinlock protects the carrier detection. While it is\nheld, framer_get_status() is called which in turn takes a mutex.\nThis is not correct and can lead to a deadlock.\n\nA run with PROVE_LOCKING enabled detected the issue:\n  [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]\n  ...\n  c204ddbc (&framer->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: framer_get_status+0x40/0x78\n  other info that might help us debug this:\n  context-{4:4}\n  2 locks held by ifconfig/146:\n  #0: c0926a38 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x12c/0x664\n  #1: c2006a40 (&qmc_hdlc->carrier_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: qmc_hdlc_framer_set_carrier+0x30/0x98\n\nAvoid the spinlock usage and convert carrier_lock to a mutex.",
   id: "GHSA-8gxf-54jp-wccf",
   modified: "2024-09-03T15:30:39Z",
   published: "2024-08-21T00:30:29Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43862",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d6a347ba7babdf9d90a0eb24048c266cae0532",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f223d2b4acb7a45a6e0581cb380e1af1a6dc7ab9",
      },
   ],
   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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