Description

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

drm/bridge: lt8912b: Fix crash on bridge detach

The lt8912b driver, in its bridge detach function, calls
drm_connector_unregister() and drm_connector_cleanup().

drm_connector_unregister() should be called only for connectors
explicitly registered with drm_connector_register(), which is not the
case in lt8912b.

The driver's drm_connector_funcs.destroy hook is set to
drm_connector_cleanup().

Thus the driver should not call either drm_connector_unregister() nor
drm_connector_cleanup() in its lt8912_bridge_detach(), as they cause a
crash on bridge detach:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000858f3000
[0000000000000000] pgd=0800000085918003, p4d=0800000085918003, pud=0800000085431003, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in: tidss(-) display_connector lontium_lt8912b tc358768 panel_lvds panel_simple drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks
CPU: 3 PID: 462 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc2+ #2
Hardware name...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52856

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42071feab712ba2a139b8928f7e0f8d3a6fc719e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf0cb8f40280a85034990dfe42be8ca8f80f37a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd9895e365474709844eeb31cfe53d912c3596e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b65e3249f3ca96e3c736af889461d80d675feab6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44283993144a03af9df31934d6c32bbd42d1a347

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