Vulnerability CVE-2024-42107


Published: 2024-07-30

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

ice: Don't process extts if PTP is disabled

The ice_ptp_extts_event() function can race with ice_ptp_release() and
result in a NULL pointer dereference which leads to a kernel panic.

Panic occurs because the ice_ptp_extts_event() function calls
ptp_clock_event() with a NULL pointer. The ice driver has already
released the PTP clock by the time the interrupt for the next external
timestamp event occurs.

To fix this, modify the ice_ptp_extts_event() function to check the
PTP state and bail early if PTP is not ready.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c4e524811918600683b1ea87a5e0fc2db64fa9b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996422e3230e41468f652d754fefd1bdbcd4604e

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