Description

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

powerpc/rtas: use correct function name for resetting TCE tables

The PAPR spec spells the function name as

"ibm,reset-pe-dma-windows"

but in practice firmware uses the singular form:

"ibm,reset-pe-dma-window"

in the device tree. Since we have the wrong spelling in the RTAS
function table, reverse lookups (token -> name) fail and warn:

unexpected failed lookup for token 86
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 545 at arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:659 __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a4/0x2b4
CPU: 1 PID: 545 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4 #30
Hardware name: IBM,9105-22A POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NL1060_028) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP [c0000000000417f0] __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a4/0x2b4
LR [c0000000000417ec] __do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a0/0x2b4
Call Trace:
__do_enter_rtas_trace+0x2a0/0x2b4 (unreliable)
rtas_call+0x1f8/0x3e0
enable_ddw.constprop.0+0x4d0/0xc84
dma_iommu_dma_supported+0xe8/0x24c
dma_set_mask+0x5c/0xd8
mlx5_pci_init.constprop.0+0xf0/0x46c [mlx5_core]
probe_one+0xfc/0x32c [mlx5_core]
local_pci_probe+0x68/0x12c
pci_call_probe+0x68/0x1ec
pci_device_probe+0xbc/0x1a8
really_probe+0x104/0x570
__driver_probe_device+0xb8/0x224
driver_probe_device+0x54/0x130
__driver_attach+0x158/0x2b0
bus_for_each_dev+0xa8/0x120
driver_attach+0x34/0x48
bus_add_driver+0x174/0x304
driver_register+0x8c/0x1c4
__pci_register_driver+0x68/0x7c
ml...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26847

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (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/6b6282d56b14879124416a23837af9bd52ae2dfb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd63817baf334888289877ab1db1d866af2a6479
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad87dbd48156ab940538f052f1820f4b6ed2819

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