CVE-2023-52492

2024-03-1118:15:16

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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2612

linux

kernel

vulnerability

cve-2023-52492

dmaengine

null pointer

fix

security

nvd

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

JSON

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

dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function

__dma_async_device_channel_register() can fail. In case of failure,
chan->local is freed (with free_percpu()), and chan->local is nullified.
When dma_async_device_unregister() is called (because of managed API or
intentionally by DMA controller driver), channels are unconditionally
unregistered, leading to this NULL pointer:
[ 1.318693] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0
[…]
[ 1.484499] Call trace:
[ 1.486930] device_del+0x40/0x394
[ 1.490314] device_unregister+0x20/0x7c
[ 1.494220] __dma_async_device_channel_unregister+0x68/0xc0

Look at dma_async_device_register() function error path, channel device
unregistration is done only if chan->local is not NULL.

Then add the same condition at the beginning of
__dma_async_device_channel_unregister() function, to avoid NULL pointer
issue whatever the API used to reach this function.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.6–5.10.210

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.149

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.76

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.15

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.7.3

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.8.0≥

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

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
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/dma/dmaengine.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
        "lessThan": "9de69732dde4",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
        "lessThan": "047fce470412",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
        "lessThan": "2ab32986a0b9",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
        "lessThan": "7f0ccfad2031",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
        "lessThan": "9263fd2a6348",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "d2fb0a043838",
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        "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/dma/dmaengine.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.6",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.6",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.210",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.149",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.76",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.15",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.7.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]