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CVE-2024-39282: net: wwan: t7xx: Fix FSM command timeout issue

Description

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

net: wwan: t7xx: Fix FSM command timeout issue

When driver processes the internal state change command, it use an
asynchronous thread to process the command operation. If the main
thread detects that the task has timed out, the asynchronous thread
will panic when executing the completion notification because the
main thread completion object has been released.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8
PGD 1f283a067 P4D 1f283a067 PUD 1f283c067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:complete_all+0x3e/0xa0
[...]
Call Trace:

? __die_body+0x68/0xb0
? page_fault_oops+0x379/0x3e0
? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? complete_all+0x3e/0xa0
fsm_main_thread+0xa3/0x9c0 [mtk_t7xx (HASH:1400 5)]
? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xd8/0x110
? __pfx_fsm_main_thread+0x10/0x10 [mtk_t7xx (HASH:1400 5)]
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x38/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

[...]
CR2: fffffffffffffff8
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Use the reference counter to ensure safe release as Sergey suggests:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-39282

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.81% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8ab9bd0c8855cd5a6f4e0265083576257ff3fc5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd3bde081cd3452c875fa1e5c55834c670d6e05
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e6882a1590cbdaca77a31a02f4954327237e14
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f619d518db9cd1a933c3a095a5f95d0c1584ae8

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