Description

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

dma-debug: don't call __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() under free_entries_lock

__dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() calls into printk -> serial console
output (qcom geni) and grabs port->lock under free_entries_lock
spin lock, which is a reverse locking dependency chain as qcom_geni
IRQ handler can call into dma-debug code and grab free_entries_lock
under port->lock.

Move __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() call out of free_entries_lock
scope so that we don't acquire serial console's port->lock under it.

Trimmed-down lockdep splat:

The existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (free_entries_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80
dma_entry_alloc+0x38/0x110
debug_dma_map_page+0x60/0xf8
dma_map_page_attrs+0x1e0/0x230
dma_map_single_attrs.constprop.0+0x6c/0xc8
geni_se_rx_dma_prep+0x40/0xcc
qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x310/0x510
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x110/0x244
handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20/0x54
handle_irq_event+0x50/0x88
handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa4/0xcc
handle_irq_desc+0x28/0x40
generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x30
gic_handle_irq+0xc4/0x148
do_interrupt_handler+0xa4/0xb0
el1_interrupt+0x34/0x64
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8
____do_softirq+0x18/0x24
...

...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52516

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c79300599923daaa30f417c75555d5566b3d31ae
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0d068099349cbca3d93f2e3b15bb329364b08c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be8f49029eca3efbad0d74dbff3cb9129994ffab
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe2b811a02c3244ebf6059039e4a9e715e26a9e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5a4315591dae307a65fc246ca80b5159d296e1

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