CVE-2024-35977

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: properly fix race condition The
cros_ec_uart_probe() function calls devm_serdev_device_open() before it
calls serdev_device_set_client_ops(). This can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
0000000000000000 … Call Trace: <TASK> … ? ttyport_receive_buf A
simplified version of crashing code is as follows: static inline size_t
serdev_controller_receive_buf(struct serdev_controller *ctrl, const u8
*data, size_t count) { struct serdev_device *serdev = ctrl->serdev; if
(!serdev || !serdev->ops->receive_buf) // CRASH! return 0; return
serdev->ops->receive_buf(serdev, data, count); } It assumes that if
SERPORT_ACTIVE is set and serdev exists, serdev->ops will also exist. This
conflicts with the existing cros_ec_uart_probe() logic, as it first calls
devm_serdev_device_open() (which sets SERPORT_ACTIVE), and only later sets
serdev->ops via serdev_device_set_client_ops(). Commit 01f95d42b8f4
(“platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: fix race condition”) attempted to fix a
similar race condition, but while doing so, made the window of error for
this race condition to happen much wider. Attempt to fix the race condition
again, making sure we fully setup before calling devm_serdev_device_open().