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CVE-2024-50175

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-08
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.55 / 6.10.14 or later.
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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: media: qcom: camss: Remove use_count guard in stop_streaming The use_count check was introduced so that multiple concurrent Raw Data Interfaces RDIs could be driven by different virtual channels VCs on the CSIPHY input driving the video pipeline. This is an invalid use of use_count though as use_count pertains to the number of times a video entity has been opened by user-space not the number of active streams. If use_count and stream-on count don't agree then stop_streaming() will break as is currently the case and has become apparent when using CAMSS with libcamera's released softisp 0.3. The use of use_count like this is a bit hacky and right now breaks regular usage of CAMSS for a single stream case. Stopping qcam results in the splat below, and then it cannot be started again and any attempts to do so fails with -EBUSY. [ 1265.509831] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 919 at drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c:2183 __vb2_queue_cancel+0x230/0x2c8 [videobuf2_common] ... [ 1265.510630] Call trace: [ 1265.510636] __vb2_queue_cancel+0x230/0x2c8 [videobuf2_common] [ 1265.510648] vb2_core_streamoff+0x24/0xcc [videobuf2_common] [ 1265.510660] vb2_ioctl_streamoff+0x5c/0xa8 [videobuf2_v4l2] [ 1265.510673] v4l_streamoff+0x24/0x30 [videodev] [ 1265.510707] __video_do_ioctl+0x190/0x3f4 [videodev] [ 1265.510732] video_usercopy+0x304/0x8c4 [videodev] [ 1265.510757] video_ioctl2+0x18/0x34 [videodev] [ 1265.510782] v4l2_ioctl+0x40/0x60 [videodev] ... [ 1265.510944] videobuf2_common: driver bug: stop_streaming operation is leaving buffer 0 in active state [ 1265.511175] videobuf2_common: driver bug: stop_streaming operation is leaving buffer 1 in active state [ 1265.511398] videobuf2_common: driver bug: stop_streaming operation is leaving buffer 2 in active st One CAMSS specific way to handle multiple VCs on the same RDI might be: - Reference count each pipeline enable for CSIPHY, CSID, VFE and RDIx. - The video buffers are already associated with msm_vfeN_rdiX so release video buffers when told to do so by stop_streaming. - Only release the power-domains for the CSIPHY, CSID and VFE when their internal refcounts drop. Either way refusing to release video buffers based on use_count is erroneous and should be reverted. The silicon enabling code for selecting VCs is perfectly fine. Its a "known missing feature" that concurrent VCs won't work with CAMSS right now. Initial testing with this code didn't show an error but, SoftISP and "real" usage with Google Hangouts breaks the upstream code pretty quickly, we need to do a partial revert and take another pass at VCs. This commit partially reverts commit 89013969e232 ("media: camss: sm8250: Pipeline starting and stopping for multiple virtual channels")

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NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.4, < 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 6.6.55 / 6.10.14 / 6.11.3 or later
Fixed in 6.6.556.10.146.11.3
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

6.6.55 (for 6.6.x kernels) or 6.10.14 (for 6.7-6.10.x kernels) or 6.11.3 (for 6.11.x kernels)

  1. Identify the currently running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Based on your current kernel version, upgrade to one of the fixed releases: 6.6.55, 6.10.14, or 6.11.3
  3. For distribution-specific upgrade: on Debian/Ubuntu run `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`; on RHEL/CentOS run `sudo yum update kernel`; on Fedora run `sudo dnf upgrade kernel`
  4. Reboot the system to load the new kernel: `sudo reboot`
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking `uname -r` shows a version >= the fixed version you upgraded to
  6. Test the CAMSS camera functionality to confirm the stop_streaming issue is resolved

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