CVE-2024-35790 usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver's default device attribute group

2024-05-1712:24:45

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

sysfs nodes

displayport driver

userspace

null pointer error

attribute group

abi.

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

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

usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver’s default device attribute group

The DisplayPort driver’s sysfs nodes may be present to the userspace before
typec_altmode_set_drvdata() completes in dp_altmode_probe. This means that
a sysfs read can trigger a NULL pointer error by deferencing dp->hpd in
hpd_show or dp->lock in pin_assignment_show, as dev_get_drvdata() returns
NULL in those cases.

Remove manual sysfs node creation in favor of adding attribute group as
default for devices bound to the driver. The ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro is
not used here otherwise the path to the sysfs nodes is no longer compliant
with the ABI.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/displayport.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0e3bb7d6894d",
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "version": "0e3bb7d6894d",
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      }
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  },
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/displayport.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.19",
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      },
      {
        "version": "0",
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        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.24",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.7.12",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
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      }
    ]
  }
]