kernel: powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/paprscm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer Sachin reported 1 that on a POWER-10 lpar he is seeing a kernel panic being reported with vPMEM when paprscm probe is being called. The panic is of the form below...

CVE-2022-49353

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/paprscm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer Sachin reported 1 that on a POWER-10 lpar he is seeing a kernel panic being reported with vPMEM when paprscm probe is being called. The panic is of the form below...

CVE-2022-49353

The CVE-2022-49353 entry affects the Linux kernel’s powerpc/papr_scm PMU code. A NULL pointer and kernel panic could be triggered when a zero-sized stat_buffer is passed to drc_pmem_query_stats() for NVDIMM performance IDs because papr_scm_pmu_check_events() did not verify p->stat_buffer_len b...

GSD-2022-1002603 powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer

powerpc/paprscm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.18.4 by commit...