CVE-2021-46959

2024-02-2923:15:07

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

4227

linux kernel

vulnerability

use-after-free

spi

devm_spi_alloc

security

nvd

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.0%

JSON

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

spi: Fix use-after-free with devm_spi_alloc_*

We can’t rely on the contents of the devres list during
spi_unregister_controller(), as the list is already torn down at the
time we perform devres_find() for devm_spi_release_controller. This
causes devices registered with devm_spi_alloc_{master,slave}() to be
mistakenly identified as legacy, non-devm managed devices and have their
reference counters decremented below 0.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 660 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x108/0x174
[<b0396f04>] (refcount_warn_saturate) from [<b03c56a4>] (kobject_put+0x90/0x98)
[<b03c5614>] (kobject_put) from [<b0447b4c>] (put_device+0x20/0x24)
r4:b6700140
[<b0447b2c>] (put_device) from [<b07515e8>] (devm_spi_release_controller+0x3c/0x40)
[<b07515ac>] (devm_spi_release_controller) from [<b045343c>] (release_nodes+0x84/0xc4)
r5:b6700180 r4:b6700100
[<b04533b8>] (release_nodes) from [<b0454160>] (devres_release_all+0x5c/0x60)
r8:b1638c54 r7:b117ad94 r6:b1638c10 r5:b117ad94 r4:b163dc10
[<b0454104>] (devres_release_all) from [<b044e41c>] (__device_release_driver+0x144/0x1ec)
r5:b117ad94 r4:b163dc10
[<b044e2d8>] (__device_release_driver) from [<b044f70c>] (device_driver_detach+0x84/0xa0)
r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:b117ad94 r6:b163dc54 r5:b1638c10 r4:b163dc10
[<b044f688>] (device_driver_detach) from [<b044d274>] (unbind_store+0xe4/0xf8)

Instead, determine the devm allocation state as a flag on the
controller which is guaranteed to be stable during cleanup.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.10–4.4.271

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.5.0–4.9.271

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.10.0–4.14.233

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.15.0–4.19.191

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–5.4.119

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.10.37

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.11.21

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.12.0–5.12.4

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.13.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/spi/spi.c",
      "include/linux/spi/spi.h"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "a4add022c155",
        "lessThan": "62bb2c7f2411",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "0870525cf94b",
        "lessThan": "8bf96425c90f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8c45a1c6c951",
        "lessThan": "8e029707f50a",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "234b432c7b61",
        "lessThan": "28a5529068c5",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "3e04a4976add",
        "lessThan": "001c8e83646a",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "5e844cc37a5c",
        "lessThan": "c7fabe372a90",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "5e844cc37a5c",
        "lessThan": "cee78aa24578",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "5e844cc37a5c",
        "lessThan": "8735248ebb91",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "5e844cc37a5c",
        "lessThan": "794aaf01444d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/spi/spi.c",
      "include/linux/spi/spi.h"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.10",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.10",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.4.271",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.9.271",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.14.233",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.191",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.119",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.37",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.11.21",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.11.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.12.4",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.13",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]