usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before con… (CVE-2024-36893)

Summary

usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

typec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration
to always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set
to the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is
not checked, this results in the following crash:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx
pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08
..
Call trace:
run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08
tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4
kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328
kthread+0x1d0/0x23c
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

To prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before
derefencing it in all the call sites.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15.168"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.91"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.31"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.6.0"},{"fixed":"6.8.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36893 linux Fixed in: 6.1.94-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36893 linux-hwe-edge

Summary

Original description

Affected packages

Fix status by distribution

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