CVE-2023-52808
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
21/05/2024
Last modified:
14/01/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
scsi: hisi_sas: Set debugfs_dir pointer to NULL after removing debugfs<br />
<br />
If init debugfs failed during device registration due to memory allocation<br />
failure, debugfs_remove_recursive() is called, after which debugfs_dir is<br />
not set to NULL. debugfs_remove_recursive() will be called again during<br />
device removal. As a result, illegal pointer is accessed.<br />
<br />
[ 1665.467244] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: failed to init debugfs!<br />
...<br />
[ 1669.836708] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0<br />
[ 1669.872669] pc : down_write+0x24/0x70<br />
[ 1669.876315] lr : down_write+0x1c/0x70<br />
[ 1669.879961] sp : ffff000036f53a30<br />
[ 1669.883260] x29: ffff000036f53a30 x28: ffffa027c31549f8<br />
[ 1669.888547] x27: ffffa027c3140000 x26: 0000000000000000<br />
[ 1669.893834] x25: ffffa027bf37c270 x24: ffffa027bf37c270<br />
[ 1669.899122] x23: ffff0000095406b8 x22: ffff0000095406a8<br />
[ 1669.904408] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffa027bf37c310<br />
[ 1669.909695] x19: 00000000000000a0 x18: ffff8027dcd86f10<br />
[ 1669.914982] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000<br />
[ 1669.920268] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: ffffa0274014f870<br />
[ 1669.925555] x13: 0000000000000040 x12: 0000000000000228<br />
[ 1669.930842] x11: 0000000000000020 x10: 0000000000000bb0<br />
[ 1669.936129] x9 : ffff000036f537f0 x8 : ffff80273088ca10<br />
[ 1669.941416] x7 : 000000000000001d x6 : 00000000ffffffff<br />
[ 1669.946702] x5 : ffff000008a36310 x4 : ffff80273088be00<br />
[ 1669.951989] x3 : ffff000009513e90 x2 : 0000000000000000<br />
[ 1669.957276] x1 : 00000000000000a0 x0 : ffffffff00000001<br />
[ 1669.962563] Call trace:<br />
[ 1669.965000] down_write+0x24/0x70<br />
[ 1669.968301] debugfs_remove_recursive+0x5c/0x1b0<br />
[ 1669.972905] hisi_sas_debugfs_exit+0x24/0x30 [hisi_sas_main]<br />
[ 1669.978541] hisi_sas_v3_remove+0x130/0x150 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]<br />
[ 1669.984175] pci_device_remove+0x48/0xd8<br />
[ 1669.988082] device_release_driver_internal+0x1b4/0x250<br />
[ 1669.993282] device_release_driver+0x28/0x38<br />
[ 1669.997534] pci_stop_bus_device+0x84/0xb8<br />
[ 1670.001611] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x40<br />
[ 1670.007244] remove_store+0xfc/0x140<br />
[ 1670.010802] dev_attr_store+0x44/0x60<br />
[ 1670.014448] sysfs_kf_write+0x58/0x80<br />
[ 1670.018095] kernfs_fop_write+0xe8/0x1f0<br />
[ 1670.022000] __vfs_write+0x60/0x190<br />
[ 1670.025472] vfs_write+0xac/0x1c0<br />
[ 1670.028771] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd8<br />
[ 1670.032071] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30<br />
[ 1670.035977] el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130<br />
[ 1670.039710] el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78<br />
[ 1670.043442] el0_svc+0x8/0xc<br />
<br />
To fix this, set debugfs_dir to NULL after debugfs_remove_recursive().
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.5 (including) | 5.15.140 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.64 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.5.13 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.6 (including) | 6.6.3 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33331b265aac9441ac0c1a5442e3f05d038240ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6de426f9276c448e2db7238911c97fb157cb23be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a2656260fe8c7eeabda6ff4600b29e183f48db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4465009e7d60c6111946db4c8f1e50d401ed7be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0bfc8a5561fb0b2c48183dcbfe00bdd6d973bd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33331b265aac9441ac0c1a5442e3f05d038240ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6de426f9276c448e2db7238911c97fb157cb23be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a2656260fe8c7eeabda6ff4600b29e183f48db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4465009e7d60c6111946db4c8f1e50d401ed7be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0bfc8a5561fb0b2c48183dcbfe00bdd6d973bd3



