CVE-2024-36893 usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

2024-05-3015:28:59

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

usb type-c

tcpm

vulnerability

cve-2024-36893

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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

usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

typec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration
to always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set
to the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is
not checked, this results in the following crash:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx
pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08
…
Call trace:
run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4
kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328
kthread+0x1d0/0x23c
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

To prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before
derefencing it in all the call sites.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9b7cd3fe01f0",
        "lessThan": "d56d2ca03cc2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "c97cd0b4b54e",
        "lessThan": "789326cafbd1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "c97cd0b4b54e",
        "lessThan": "fc2b655cb6dd",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "c97cd0b4b54e",
        "lessThan": "ae11f04b452b",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.6",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.6",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.91",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.31",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8.10",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.8.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]