vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2021-47413: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/21/2024
Added
08/09/2024
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

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

usb: chipidea: ci_hdrc_imx: Also search for 'phys' phandle

When passing 'phys' in the devicetree to describe the USB PHY phandle
(which is the recommended way according to
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ci-hdrc-usb2.txt) the
following NULL pointer dereference is observed on i.MX7 and i.MX8MM:

[ 1.489344] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098
[ 1.498170] Mem abort info:
[ 1.500966] ESR = 0x96000044
[ 1.504030] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 1.509356] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 1.512416] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 1.515569] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 1.520458] Data abort info:
[ 1.523349] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044
[ 1.527196] CM = 0, WnR = 1
[ 1.530176] [0000000000000098] user address but active_mm is swapper
[ 1.536544] Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 1.542125] Modules linked in:
[ 1.545190] CPU: 3 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted 5.14.0-dirty #3
[ 1.551901] Hardware name: Kontron i.MX8MM N801X S (DT)
[ 1.557133] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
[ 1.562984] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
[ 1.568998] pc : imx7d_charger_detection+0x3f0/0x510
[ 1.573973] lr : imx7d_charger_detection+0x22c/0x510

This happens because the charger functions check for the phy presence
inside the imx_usbmisc_data structure (data->usb_phy), but the chipidea
core populates the usb_phy passed via 'phys' inside 'struct ci_hdrc'
(ci->usb_phy) instead.

This causes the NULL pointer dereference inside imx7d_charger_detection().

Fix it by also searching for 'phys' in case 'fsl,usbphy' is not found.

Tested on a imx7s-warp board.

Solution(s)

suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-rtsuse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-rtsuse-upgrade-dtb-allwinnersuse-upgrade-dtb-alterasuse-upgrade-dtb-amazonsuse-upgrade-dtb-amdsuse-upgrade-dtb-amlogicsuse-upgrade-dtb-apmsuse-upgrade-dtb-applesuse-upgrade-dtb-armsuse-upgrade-dtb-broadcomsuse-upgrade-dtb-caviumsuse-upgrade-dtb-exynossuse-upgrade-dtb-freescalesuse-upgrade-dtb-hisiliconsuse-upgrade-dtb-lgsuse-upgrade-dtb-marvellsuse-upgrade-dtb-mediateksuse-upgrade-dtb-nvidiasuse-upgrade-dtb-qcomsuse-upgrade-dtb-renesassuse-upgrade-dtb-rockchipsuse-upgrade-dtb-socionextsuse-upgrade-dtb-sprdsuse-upgrade-dtb-xilinxsuse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-rtsuse-upgrade-kernel-64kbsuse-upgrade-kernel-64kb-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-64kb-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-64kb-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-64kb-optionalsuse-upgrade-kernel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-optionalsuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-debugsuse-upgrade-kernel-debug-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-debug-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-debug-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-basesuse-upgrade-kernel-default-base-rebuildsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-default-livepatchsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-optionalsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-devel-rtsuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-docs-htmlsuse-upgrade-kernel-kvmsmallsuse-upgrade-kernel-kvmsmall-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-kvmsmall-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-macrossuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-buildsuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-qasuse-upgrade-kernel-preemptsuse-upgrade-kernel-preempt-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-rtsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-livepatchsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-optionalsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debugsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-vdsosuse-upgrade-kernel-sourcesuse-upgrade-kernel-source-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-source-rtsuse-upgrade-kernel-source-vanillasuse-upgrade-kernel-symssuse-upgrade-kernel-syms-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-syms-rtsuse-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdumpsuse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-rtsuse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-rtsuse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-64kbsuse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-azuresuse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-rt
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.