vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2024-36893: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 05/30/2024 | 06/13/2024 | 01/28/2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it
typec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration
to always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set
to the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is
not checked, this results in the following crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx
pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08
..
Call trace:
run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4
kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328
kthread+0x1d0/0x23c
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
To prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before
derefencing it in all the call sites.
Solution(s)
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