CVE-2024-58019
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NVD · uneditedIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvkm/gsp: correctly advance the read pointer of GSP message queue A GSP event message consists three parts: message header, RPC header, message body. GSP calculates the number of pages to write from the total size of a GSP message. This behavior can be observed from the movement of the write pointer. However, nvkm takes only the size of RPC header and message body as the message size when advancing the read pointer. When handling a two-page GSP message in the non rollback case, It wrongly takes the message body of the previous message as the message header of the next message. As the "message length" tends to be zero, in the calculation of size needs to be copied (0 - size of (message header)), the size needs to be copied will be "0xffffffxx". It also triggers a kernel panic due to a NULL pointer error. [ 547.614102] msg: 00000f90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 40 d7 18 fb 8b 00 00 00 ........@....... [ 547.622533] msg: 00000fa0: 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ................ [ 547.630965] msg: 00000fb0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ................ [ 547.639397] msg: 00000fc0: ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ [ 547.647832] nvkm 0000:c1:00.0: gsp: peek msg rpc fn:0 len:0x0/0xffffffffffffffe0 [ 547.655225] nvkm 0000:c1:00.0: gsp: get msg rpc fn:0 len:0x0/0xffffffffffffffe0 [ 547.662532] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 [ 547.669485] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 547.674624] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 547.679755] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 547.682294] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 547.686643] CPU: 22 PID: 322 Comm: kworker/22:1 Tainted: G E 6.9.0-rc6+ #1 [ 547.694893] Hardware name: ASRockRack 1U1G-MILAN/N/ROMED8-NL, BIOS L3.12E 09/06/2022 [ 547.702626] Workqueue: events r535_gsp_msgq_work [nvkm] [ 547.707921] RIP: 0010:r535_gsp_msg_recv+0x87/0x230 [nvkm] [ 547.713375] Code: 00 8b 70 08 48 89 e1 31 d2 4c 89 f7 e8 12 f5 ff ff 48 89 c5 48 85 c0 0f 84 cf 00 00 00 48 81 fd 00 f0 ff ff 0f 87 c4 00 00 00 <8b> 55 10 41 8b 46 30 85 d2 0f 85 f6 00 00 00 83 f8 04 76 10 ba 05 [ 547.732119] RSP: 0018:ffffabe440f87e10 EFLAGS: 00010203 [ 547.737335] RAX: 0000000000000010 RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 000000000000003f [ 547.744461] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffabe4480a8030 RDI: 0000000000000010 [ 547.751585] RBP: 0000000000000010 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffabe440f87bb0 [ 547.758707] R10: ffffabe440f87dc8 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 547.765834] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9351df1e5000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 547.772958] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93708eb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 547.781035] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 547.786771] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 00000003cc220002 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 547.793896] PKRU: 55555554 [ 547.796600] Call Trace: [ 547.799046] <TASK> [ 547.801152] ? __die+0x20/0x70 [ 547.804211] ? page_fault_oops+0x75/0x170 [ 547.808221] ? print_hex_dump+0x100/0x160 [ 547.812226] ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x150 [ 547.816152] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 547.820341] ? r535_gsp_msg_recv+0x87/0x230 [nvkm] [ 547.825184] r535_gsp_msgq_work+0x42/0x50 [nvkm] [ 547.829845] process_one_work+0x196/0x3d0 [ 547.833861] worker_thread+0x2fc/0x410 [ 547.837613] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.841885] kthread+0xdf/0x110 [ 547.845031] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.848775] ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 [ 547.852354] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.856097] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 547.860019] </TASK> [ 547.862208] Modules linked in: nvkm(E) gsp_log(E) snd_seq_dummy(E) snd_hrtimer(E) snd_seq(E) snd_timer(E) snd_seq_device(E) snd(E) soundcore(E) rfkill(E) qrtr(E) vfat(E) fat(E) ipmi_ssif(E) amd_atl(E) intel_rapl_msr(E) intel_rapl_common(E) amd64_edac(E) mlx5_ib(E) edac_mce_amd(E) kvm_amd ---truncated---
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 6.7, < 6.12.14>= 6.13, < 6.13.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
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
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped6.12.146.13.3
Linux kernel 6.12.14 (or 6.13.3+)
- Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.12.14 or later for the 6.12.x stable branch
- Alternatively, upgrade to version 6.13.3 or later for the 6.13.x stable branch
- After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
- Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version with 'uname -r'
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