5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-36787
ASpeed Linux Video Engine DMA Memory Corruption (Improper Reset)
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine reset 10ms delay Enable vclk It introduces improper reset on the Video Engine hardware and eventually the hardware generates unexpected DMA memory transfers that can corrupt memory region in random and sporadic patterns. This issue is observed very rarely on some specific AST2500 SoCs but it causes a critical kernel panic with making a various shape of signature so it's extremely hard to debug. Moreover, the issue is observed even when the video engine is not actively used because udevd turns on the video engine hardware for a short time to make a query in every boot. To fix this issue, this commit changes the clock handling logic to make the reset de-assertion triggered after enabling both eclk and vclk. Also, it adds clk_unprepare call for a case when probe fails. clk: ast2600: fix reset settings for eclk and vclk Video engine reset setting should be coupled with eclk to match it with the setting for previous Aspeed SoCs which is defined in clk-aspeed.c since all Aspeed SoCs are sharing a single video engine driver. Also, reset bit 6 is defined as 'Video Engine' reset in datasheet so it should be de-asserted when eclk is enabled. This commit fixes the setting.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 11, 2024, 4:42 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.119 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.37 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.11.21 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.12 up to (excluding) 5.12.4
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 Patch
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Feb. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine reset 10ms delay Enable vclk It introduces improper reset on the Video Engine hardware and eventually the hardware generates unexpected DMA memory transfers that can corrupt memory region in random and sporadic patterns. This issue is observed very rarely on some specific AST2500 SoCs but it causes a critical kernel panic with making a various shape of signature so it's extremely hard to debug. Moreover, the issue is observed even when the video engine is not actively used because udevd turns on the video engine hardware for a short time to make a query in every boot. To fix this issue, this commit changes the clock handling logic to make the reset de-assertion triggered after enabling both eclk and vclk. Also, it adds clk_unprepare call for a case when probe fails. clk: ast2600: fix reset settings for eclk and vclk Video engine reset setting should be coupled with eclk to match it with the setting for previous Aspeed SoCs which is defined in clk-aspeed.c since all Aspeed SoCs are sharing a single video engine driver. Also, reset bit 6 is defined as 'Video Engine' reset in datasheet so it should be de-asserted when eclk is enabled. This commit fixes the setting.
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 [No types assigned]
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