CVE-2024-50226: cxl/port: Fix use-after-free, permit out-of-order decoder shutdown

0.0 CVSS

Description

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

cxl/port: Fix use-after-free, permit out-of-order decoder shutdown

In support of investigating an initialization failure report [1],
cxl_test was updated to register mock memory-devices after the mock
root-port/bus device had been registered. That led to cxl_test crashing
with a use-after-free bug with the following signature:

cxl_port_attach_region: cxl region3: cxl_host_bridge.0:port3 decoder3.0 add: mem0:decoder7.0 @ 0 next: cxl_switch_uport.0 nr_eps: 1 nr_targets: 1
cxl_port_attach_region: cxl region3: cxl_host_bridge.0:port3 decoder3.0 add: mem4:decoder14.0 @ 1 next: cxl_switch_uport.0 nr_eps: 2 nr_targets: 1
cxl_port_setup_targets: cxl region3: cxl_switch_uport.0:port6 target[0] = cxl_switch_dport.0 for mem0:decoder7.0 @ 0
1) cxl_port_setup_targets: cxl region3: cxl_switch_uport.0:port6 target[1] = cxl_switch_dport.4 for mem4:decoder14.0 @ 1
[..]
cxld_unregister: cxl decoder14.0:
cxl_region_decode_reset: cxl_region region3:
mock_decoder_reset: cxl_port port3: decoder3.0 reset
2) mock_decoder_reset: cxl_port port3: decoder3.0: out of order reset, expected decoder3.1
cxl_endpoint_decoder_release: cxl decoder14.0:
[..]
cxld_unregister: cxl decoder7.0:
3) cxl_region_decode_reset: cxl_region region3:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6bc3: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[..]
RIP: 0010:to_cxl_port+0x8/0x60 [...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50226

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 0.0

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/8e1b52c15c81106456437f8e49575040e489e355
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78c8454fdce0eeee962be004eb6d99860c80dad1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101c268bd2f37e965a5468353e62d154db38838e

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