CVE-2022-48818

2024-07-1612:15:05

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

net:dsa:mv88e6xxx

mdiobus vulnerability

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

16.0%

JSON

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

net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: don’t use devres for mdiobus

As explained in commits:
74b6d7d13307 (“net: dsa: realtek: register the MDIO bus under devres”)
5135e96a3dd2 (“net: dsa: don’t allocate the slave_mii_bus using devres”)

mdiobus_free() will panic when called from devm_mdiobus_free() <-
devres_release_all() <- __device_release_driver(), and that mdiobus was
not previously unregistered.

The mv88e6xxx is an MDIO device, so the initial set of constraints that
I thought would cause this (I2C or SPI buses which call ->remove on
->shutdown) do not apply. But there is one more which applies here.

If the DSA master itself is on a bus that calls ->remove from ->shutdown
(like dpaa2-eth, which is on the fsl-mc bus), there is a device link
between the switch and the DSA master, and device_links_unbind_consumers()
will unbind the Marvell switch driver on shutdown.

systemd-shutdown[1]: Powering off.
mv88e6085 0x0000000008b96000:00 sw_gl0: Link is Down
fsl-mc dpbp.9: Removing from iommu group 7
fsl-mc dpbp.8: Removing from iommu group 7
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:677!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.16.5-00040-gdc05f73788e5 #15
pc : mdiobus_free+0x44/0x50
lr : devm_mdiobus_free+0x10/0x20
Call trace:
mdiobus_free+0x44/0x50
devm_mdiobus_free+0x10/0x20
devres_release_all+0xa0/0x100
__device_release_driver+0x190/0x220
device_release_driver_internal+0xac/0xb0
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xd4/0x100
__device_release_driver+0x4c/0x220
device_release_driver_internal+0xac/0xb0
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xd4/0x100
__device_release_driver+0x94/0x220
device_release_driver+0x28/0x40
bus_remove_device+0x118/0x124
device_del+0x174/0x420
fsl_mc_device_remove+0x24/0x40
__fsl_mc_device_remove+0xc/0x20
device_for_each_child+0x58/0xa0
dprc_remove+0x90/0xb0
fsl_mc_driver_remove+0x20/0x5c
__device_release_driver+0x21c/0x220
device_release_driver+0x28/0x40
bus_remove_device+0x118/0x124
device_del+0x174/0x420
fsl_mc_bus_remove+0x80/0x100
fsl_mc_bus_shutdown+0xc/0x1c
platform_shutdown+0x20/0x30
device_shutdown+0x154/0x330
kernel_power_off+0x34/0x6c
__do_sys_reboot+0x15c/0x250
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x20/0x30
invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x4c/0xe0
do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x150
el0_svc+0x24/0xb0
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa8/0xb0
el0t_64_sync+0x178/0x17c

So the same treatment must be applied to all DSA switch drivers, which
is: either use devres for both the mdiobus allocation and registration,
or don’t use devres at all.

The Marvell driver already has a good structure for mdiobus removal, so
just plug in mdiobus_free and get rid of devres.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.9–5.10.101

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.24

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–5.16.10

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.17.0≥

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

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

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "ac3a68d56651",
        "lessThan": "8ccebe77df6e",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ac3a68d56651",
        "lessThan": "8b626d45127d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ac3a68d56651",
        "lessThan": "1b451c3994a2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ac3a68d56651",
        "lessThan": "f53a2ce893b2",
        "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/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.9",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.9",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.101",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.24",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16.10",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.16.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.17",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]