Vulnerability CVE-2023-52899

Vulnerability CVE-2023-52899

Published: 2024-08-21

Description:

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

Add exception protection processing for vd in axi_chan_handle_err function

Since there is no protection for vd, a kernel panic will be
triggered here in exceptional cases.

You can refer to the processing of axi_chan_block_xfer_complete function

The triggered kernel panic is as follows:

[ 67.848444] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000060
[ 67.848447] Mem abort info:
[ 67.848449] ESR = 0x96000004
[ 67.848451] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 67.848454] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 67.848456] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 67.848458] Data abort info:
[ 67.848460] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ 67.848462] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 67.848465] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000800c4c0b000
[ 67.848468] [0000000000000060] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 67.848472] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
[ 67.848475] Modules linked in: dmatest
[ 67.848479] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.10.100-emu_x2rc+ #11
[ 67.848483] pstate: 62000085 (nZCv daIf -PAN -UAO +TCO BTYPE=--)
[ 67.848487] pc : axi_chan_handle_err+0xc4/0x230
[ 67.848491] lr : axi_chan_handle_err+0x30/0x230
[ 67.848493] sp : ffff0803fe55ae50
[ 67.848495] x29: ffff0803fe55ae50 x28: ffff800011212200
[ 67.848500] x27: ffff0800c42c0080 x26: ffff0800c097c080
[ 67.848504] x25: ffff800010d33880 x24: ffff80001139d850
[ 67.848508] x23: ffff0800c097c168 x22: 0000000000000000
[ 67.848512] x21: 0000000000000080 x20: 0000000000002000
[ 67.848517] x19: ffff0800c097c080 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 67.848521] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 67.848525] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[ 67.848529] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000040
[ 67.848533] x11: ffff0800c0400248 x10: ffff0800c040024a
[ 67.848538] x9 : ffff800010576cd4 x8 : ffff0800c0400270
[ 67.848542] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff0800c04003e0
[ 67.848546] x5 : ffff0800c0400248 x4 : ffff0800c4294480
[ 67.848550] x3 : dead000000000100 x2 : dead000000000122
[ 67.848555] x1 : 0000000000000100 x0 : ffff0800c097c168
[ 67.848559] Call trace:
[ 67.848562] axi_chan_handle_err+0xc4/0x230
[ 67.848566] dw_axi_dma_interrupt+0xf4/0x590
[ 67.848569] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x60/0x220
[ 67.848573] handle_irq_event+0x64/0x120
[ 67.848576] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xc4/0x220
[ 67.848580] __handle_domain_irq+0x80/0xe0
[ 67.848583] gic_handle_irq+0xc0/0x138
[ 67.848585] el1_irq+0xc8/0x180
[ 67.848588] arch_cpu_idle+0x14/0x2c
[ 67.848591] default_idle_call+0x40/0x16c
[ 67.848594] do_idle+0x1f0/0x250
[ 67.848597] cpu_startup_entry+0x2c/0x60
[ 67.848600] rest_init+0xc0/0xcc
[ 67.848603] arch_call_rest_init+0x14/0x1c
[ 67.848606] start_kernel+0x4cc/0x500
[ 67.848610] Code: eb0002ff 9a9f12d6 f2fbd5a2 f2fbd5a3 (a94602c1)
[ 67.848613] ---[ end trace 585a97036f88203a ]---

References:

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f534dc438828cc3f1f8c6895b8bdfbef079521fb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dd833fd0a2d8f0118d01ea063a70652689d31e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d0a6d17e85a8a816a64fa7d7cae616f1617833

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5054d001ffaf76155637c5e5b922c11016cd6a5d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51a7ad5b60efac65691729d10745c28fa1016b96

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57054fe516d59d03a7bcf1888e82479ccc244f87

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