NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.164.1
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- published25 Jun 2024
- disclosed24 Jun 2024
Introduced: 24 Jun 2024
CVE-2021-47269 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-macros to version 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: dwc3: ep0: fix NULL pointer exception
There is no validation of the index from dwc3_wIndex_to_dep() and we might be referring a non-existing ep and trigger a NULL pointer exception. In certain configurations we might use fewer eps and the index might wrongly indicate a larger ep index than existing.
By adding this validation from the patch we can actually report a wrong index back to the caller.
In our usecase we are using a composite device on an older kernel, but upstream might use this fix also. Unfortunately, I cannot describe the hardware for others to reproduce the issue as it is a proprietary implementation.
[ 82.958261] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a4 [ 82.966891] Mem abort info: [ 82.969663] ESR = 0x96000006 [ 82.972703] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 82.978603] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 82.981642] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 82.984765] Data abort info: [ 82.987631] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 [ 82.991449] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 82.994409] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000c6210ccc [ 83.000999] [00000000000000a4] pgd=0000000053aa5003, pud=0000000053aa5003, pmd=0000000000000000 [ 83.009685] Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 83.026433] Process irq/62-dwc3 (pid: 303, stack limit = 0x000000003985154c) [ 83.033470] CPU: 0 PID: 303 Comm: irq/62-dwc3 Not tainted 4.19.124 #1 [ 83.044836] pstate: 60000085 (nZCv daIf -PAN -UAO) [ 83.049628] pc : dwc3_ep0_handle_feature+0x414/0x43c [ 83.054558] lr : dwc3_ep0_interrupt+0x3b4/0xc94
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[ 83.141788] Call trace: [ 83.144227] dwc3_ep0_handle_feature+0x414/0x43c [ 83.148823] dwc3_ep0_interrupt+0x3b4/0xc94 [ 83.181546] ---[ end trace aac6b5267d84c32f ]---
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47269.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224996
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366369b89bedd59b1425386e8d4a18a466e420e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470403639114895e2697c766fbe17be8d0e9b67a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60156089f07e724e4dc8483702d5e1ede4522749
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/788755756dd4a6aba1de479fec20b0fa600e7f19
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b74a99d360235c24052f1d060e64ac53f43528
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/990dc90750772622d44ca2ea6652c521e6f67e16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd551e7c85939de2182010273450bfa78c3742fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00889080ab60051627dab1d85831cd9db750e2a