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CVE-2024-49963

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.10.227 / 5.15.168 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

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NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mailbox: bcm2835: Fix timeout during suspend mode During noirq suspend phase the Raspberry Pi power driver suffer of firmware property timeouts. The reason is that the IRQ of the underlying BCM2835 mailbox is disabled and rpi_firmware_property_list() will always run into a timeout [1]. Since the VideoCore side isn't consider as a wakeup source, set the IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag for the mailbox IRQ in order to keep it enabled during suspend-resume cycle. [1] PM: late suspend of devices complete after 1.754 msecs WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 438 at drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c:128 rpi_firmware_property_list+0x204/0x22c Firmware transaction 0x00028001 timeout Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 438 Comm: bash Tainted: G C 6.9.3-dirty #17 Hardware name: BCM2835 Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0x88/0xec __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x7c/0xb0 warn_slowpath_fmt from rpi_firmware_property_list+0x204/0x22c rpi_firmware_property_list from rpi_firmware_property+0x68/0x8c rpi_firmware_property from rpi_firmware_set_power+0x54/0xc0 rpi_firmware_set_power from _genpd_power_off+0xe4/0x148 _genpd_power_off from genpd_sync_power_off+0x7c/0x11c genpd_sync_power_off from genpd_finish_suspend+0xcc/0xe0 genpd_finish_suspend from dpm_run_callback+0x78/0xd0 dpm_run_callback from device_suspend_noirq+0xc0/0x238 device_suspend_noirq from dpm_suspend_noirq+0xb0/0x168 dpm_suspend_noirq from suspend_devices_and_enter+0x1b8/0x5ac suspend_devices_and_enter from pm_suspend+0x254/0x2e4 pm_suspend from state_store+0xa8/0xd4 state_store from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x154/0x1a0 kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x12c/0x184 vfs_write from ksys_write+0x78/0xc0 ksys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54 Exception stack(0xcc93dfa8 to 0xcc93dff0) [...] PM: noirq suspend of devices complete after 3095.584 msecs

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NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.2, < 5.10.227>= 5.11, < 5.15.168>= 5.16, < 6.1.113>= 6.2, < 6.6.55>= 6.7, < 6.10.14>= 6.11, < 6.11.3

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From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.10.227 / 5.15.168 / 6.1.113 or later
Fixed in 5.10.2275.15.1686.1.113
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, or 6.6.55 (or later) depending on your current branch

  1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which kernel branch you are running (e.g., 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.1.x, or 6.6.x)
  3. Upgrade to a kernel version that includes the fix: For 5.10.x line, upgrade to >= 5.10.227; For 5.15.x line, upgrade to >= 5.15.168; For 6.1.x line, upgrade to >= 6.1.113; For 6.6.x line, upgrade to >= 6.6.55
  4. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the new kernel
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