CVE-2024-35942 Affecting kernel-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150600.8.8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELAZURE-7680522
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed13 Aug 2024

Introduced: 13 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-35942  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-azure to version 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure package and not the kernel-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

pmdomain: imx8mp-blk-ctrl: imx8mp_blk: Add fdcc clock to hdmimix domain

According to i.MX8MP RM and HDMI ADD, the fdcc clock is part of hdmi rx verification IP that should not enable for HDMI TX. But actually if the clock is disabled before HDMI/LCDIF probe, LCDIF will not get pixel clock from HDMI PHY and print the error logs:

[CRTC:39:crtc-2] vblank wait timed out WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 9 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1634 drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x23c/0x260

Add fdcc clock to LCDIF and HDMI TX power domains to fix the issue.

CVSS Scores

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