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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2024-46761
HistorySep 18, 2024 - 8:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-46761

2024-09-1808:15:04
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
vulnerability
hotplug driver
powerpc
pci
kernel crash
pcie switch
bridge
phb
msi
null pointer
dereference
patch
unregistration path

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.8%

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

pci/hotplug/pnv_php: Fix hotplug driver crash on Powernv

The hotplug driver for powerpc (pci/hotplug/pnv_php.c) causes a kernel
crash when we try to hot-unplug/disable the PCIe switch/bridge from
the PHB.

The crash occurs because although the MSI data structure has been
released during disable/hot-unplug path and it has been assigned
with NULL, still during unregistration the code was again trying to
explicitly disable the MSI which causes the NULL pointer dereference and
kernel crash.

The patch fixes the check during unregistration path to prevent invoking
pci_disable_msi/msix() since its data structure is already freed.

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.8%

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