In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/region: Do not try to cleanup after cxl_region_setup_targets() fails
Commit 5e42bcbc3fef ("cxl/region: decrement ->nr_targets on error in cxl_region_attach()") tried to avoid 'eiw' initialization errors when ->nr_targets exceeded 16, by just decrementing ->nr_targets when cxl_region_setup_targets() failed.
Commit 86987c766276 ("cxl/region: Cleanup target list on attach error") extended that cleanup to also clear cxled->pos and p->targets[pos]. The initialization error was incidentally fixed separately by: Commit 8d4285425714 ("cxl/region: Fix port setup uninitialized variable warnings") which was merged a few days after 5e42bcbc3fef.
But now the original cleanup when cxl_region_setup_targets() fails prevents endpoint and switch decoder resources from being reused:
1) the cleanup does not set the decoder's region to NULL, which results in future dpa_size_store() calls returning -EBUSY 2) the decoder is not properly freed, which results in future commit errors associated with the upstream switch
Now that the initialization errors were fixed separately, the proper cleanup for this case is to just return immediately. Then the resources associated with this target get cleanup up as normal when the failed region is deleted.
The ->nr_targets decrement in the error case also helped prevent a p->targets[] array overflow, so add a new check to prevent against that overflow.
Tested by trying to create an invalid region for a 2 switch * 2 endpoint topology, and then following up with creating a valid region.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | May 21, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 21, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade dtb-freescaleUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-64kb-livepatch-develUpgrade dtb-broadcomUpgrade dtb-exynosUpgrade dtb-appleUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-64kb-optionalUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade dtb-marvellUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-amdUpgrade dtb-amlogicUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-xilinxUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade dtb-apmUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade dlm-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-debug-livepatch-develUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kselftests-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-default-optionalUpgrade dtb-amazonUpgrade dtb-lgUpgrade dtb-hisiliconUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-develUpgrade gfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade dtb-mediatekUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kselftests-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade dtb-caviumUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-sprdUpgrade dtb-allwinnerUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade dtb-armUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade dtb-socionextUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade dtb-renesasUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-default-base-rebuildUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade dtb-rockchipUpgrade dtb-qcomUpgrade dtb-nvidiaUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-64kbUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-debug-vdsoUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade dtb-alteraUpgrade kernel-default-livepatch-develUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-default | Aug 9, 2024 | May 21, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-nvidia-6.5 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 21, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 14, 2025 | May 21, 2024 |
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