CVE-2024-56540
Intel Ivpu Recovery Triggering Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ivpu: Prevent recovery invocation during probe and resume Refactor IPC send and receive functions to allow correct handling of operations that should not trigger a recovery process. Expose ivpu_send_receive_internal(), which is now utilized by the D0i3 entry, DCT initialization, and HWS initialization functions. These functions have been modified to return error codes gracefully, rather than initiating recovery. The updated functions are invoked within ivpu_probe() and ivpu_resume(), ensuring that any errors encountered during these stages result in a proper teardown or shutdown sequence. The previous approach of triggering recovery within these functions could lead to a race condition, potentially causing undefined behavior and kernel crashes due to null pointer dereferences.
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Published Date :
Dec. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 3, 2025, 3:18 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.0
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE NIST CWE-362 Added CWE NIST CWE-476 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.8 up to (excluding) 6.11.11 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.12 up to (excluding) 6.12.2 Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362ef76020ea6219a4df4ac5b738672b59527239 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362ef76020ea6219a4df4ac5b738672b59527239 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaa497411197c41b0813d61ba3fbd6267049082 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaa497411197c41b0813d61ba3fbd6267049082 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac822772c4dc27a285f09caf30072ab76d2bf38 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac822772c4dc27a285f09caf30072ab76d2bf38 Patch -
New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dec. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/ivpu: Prevent recovery invocation during probe and resume Refactor IPC send and receive functions to allow correct handling of operations that should not trigger a recovery process. Expose ivpu_send_receive_internal(), which is now utilized by the D0i3 entry, DCT initialization, and HWS initialization functions. These functions have been modified to return error codes gracefully, rather than initiating recovery. The updated functions are invoked within ivpu_probe() and ivpu_resume(), ensuring that any errors encountered during these stages result in a proper teardown or shutdown sequence. The previous approach of triggering recovery within these functions could lead to a race condition, potentially causing undefined behavior and kernel crashes due to null pointer dereferences. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362ef76020ea6219a4df4ac5b738672b59527239 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaa497411197c41b0813d61ba3fbd6267049082 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac822772c4dc27a285f09caf30072ab76d2bf38
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