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HistoryJul 16, 2024 - 12:15 p.m.

CVE-2022-48815

2024-07-1612:15:05
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
5
linux kernel
vulnerability
net: dsa
bcm_sf2
mdiobus
devres
driver
bus

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

16.0%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: bcm_sf2: 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 Starfighter 2 is a platform 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 bcm_sf2 switch driver on shutdown. 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 bcm_sf2 driver has the code structure in place for orderly mdiobus removal, so just replace devm_mdiobus_alloc() with the non-devres variant, and add manual free where necessary, to ensure that we don’t let devres free a still-registered bus.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

16.0%