CVE-2023-52528

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg<br /> <br /> syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue:<br /> <br /> =====================================================<br /> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline]<br /> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482<br /> CPU: 0 PID: 8696 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc5-syzkaller #0<br /> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011<br /> Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event<br /> Call Trace:<br /> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]<br /> dump_stack+0x21c/0x280 lib/dump_stack.c:118<br /> kmsan_report+0xf7/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:121<br /> __msan_warning+0x58/0xa0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:215<br /> smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline]<br /> smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482<br /> usbnet_probe+0x1152/0x3f90 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1737<br /> usb_probe_interface+0xece/0x1550 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:374<br /> really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529<br /> driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701<br /> __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807<br /> bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431<br /> __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873<br /> device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920<br /> bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491<br /> device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680<br /> usb_set_configuration+0x380f/0x3f10 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2032<br /> usb_generic_driver_probe+0x138/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:241<br /> usb_probe_device+0x311/0x490 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:272<br /> really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529<br /> driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701<br /> __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807<br /> bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431<br /> __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873<br /> device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920<br /> bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491<br /> device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680<br /> usb_new_device+0x1bd4/0x2a30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2554<br /> hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5208 [inline]<br /> hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5348 [inline]<br /> port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5494 [inline]<br /> hub_event+0x5e7b/0x8a70 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5576<br /> process_one_work+0x1688/0x2140 kernel/workqueue.c:2269<br /> worker_thread+0x10bc/0x2730 kernel/workqueue.c:2415<br /> kthread+0x551/0x590 kernel/kthread.c:292<br /> ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293<br /> <br /> Local variable ----buf.i87@smsc75xx_bind created at:<br /> __smsc75xx_read_reg drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:83 [inline]<br /> smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:968 [inline]<br /> smsc75xx_bind+0x485/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482<br /> __smsc75xx_read_reg drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:83 [inline]<br /> smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:968 [inline]<br /> smsc75xx_bind+0x485/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482<br /> <br /> This issue is caused because usbnet_read_cmd() reads less bytes than requested<br /> (zero byte in the reproducer). In this case, &amp;#39;buf&amp;#39; is not properly filled.<br /> <br /> This patch fixes the issue by returning -ENODATA if usbnet_read_cmd() reads<br /> less bytes than requested.