platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: properly fix race condition (Linux Linux)

CVE-2024-35977
MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: properly fix race condition The cros_ec_uart_probe() function calls devm_serdev_device_open() before it calls serdev_device_set_client_ops(). This can trigger a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ... ? ttyport_receive_buf A simplified version of crashing code is as follows: static inline size_t serdev_controller_receive_buf(struct serdev_controller *ctrl, const u8 *data, size_t count) { struct serdev_device *serdev = ctrl->serdev; if (!serdev || !serdev->ops->receive_buf) // CRASH! return 0; return serdev->ops->receive_buf(serdev, data, count); } It assumes that if SERPORT_ACTIVE is set and serdev exists, serdev->ops will also exist. This conflicts with the existing cros_ec_uart_probe() logic, as it first calls devm_serdev_device_open() (which sets SERPORT_ACTIVE), and only later sets serdev->ops via serdev_device_set_client_ops(). Commit 01f95d42b8f4 ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: fix race condition") attempted to fix a similar race condition, but while doing so, made the window of error for this race condition to happen much wider. Attempt to fix the race condition again, making sure we fully setup before calling devm_serdev_device_open().

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 01f95d42b8f4e88f20d68791b0a85dbb9e3d1ac9 < cfd758041d8b79aa8c3f811b6bd6105379f2f702 ; affected 01f95d42b8f4e88f20d68791b0a85dbb9e3d1ac9 < 9e9bb74a93b7daa32313ccaefd0edc529d40daf8 ; affected 01f95d42b8f4e88f20d68791b0a85dbb9e3d1ac9 < 5e700b384ec13f5bcac9855cb28fcc674f1d3593
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.3 ; unaffected 0 < 6.3 ; unaffected 6.6.28 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.8.7 ≤ 6.8.* ; unaffected 6.9 ≤ *

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD