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CVE-2023-52808

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: hisi_sas: Set debugfs_dir pointer to NULL after removing debugfs If init debugfs failed during device registration due to memory allocation failure, debugfs_remove_recursive() is called, after which debugfs_dir is not set to NULL. debugfs_remove_recursive() will be called again during device removal. As a result, illegal pointer is accessed. [ 1665.467244] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: failed to init debugfs! ... [ 1669.836708] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0 [ 1669.872669] pc : down_write+0x24/0x70 [ 1669.876315] lr : down_write+0x1c/0x70 [ 1669.879961] sp : ffff000036f53a30 [ 1669.883260] x29: ffff000036f53a30 x28: ffffa027c31549f8 [ 1669.888547] x27: ffffa027c3140000 x26: 0000000000000000 [ 1669.893834] x25: ffffa027bf37c270 x24: ffffa027bf37c270 [ 1669.899122] x23: ffff0000095406b8 x22: ffff0000095406a8 [ 1669.904408] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffa027bf37c310 [ 1669.909695] x19: 00000000000000a0 x18: ffff8027dcd86f10 [ 1669.914982] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 [ 1669.920268] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: ffffa0274014f870 [ 1669.925555] x13: 0000000000000040 x12: 0000000000000228 [ 1669.930842] x11: 0000000000000020 x10: 0000000000000bb0 [ 1669.936129] x9 : ffff000036f537f0 x8 : ffff80273088ca10 [ 1669.941416] x7 : 000000000000001d x6 : 00000000ffffffff [ 1669.946702] x5 : ffff000008a36310 x4 : ffff80273088be00 [ 1669.951989] x3 : ffff000009513e90 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 1669.957276] x1 : 00000000000000a0 x0 : ffffffff00000001 [ 1669.962563] Call trace: [ 1669.965000] down_write+0x24/0x70 [ 1669.968301] debugfs_remove_recursive+0x5c/0x1b0 [ 1669.972905] hisi_sas_debugfs_exit+0x24/0x30 [hisi_sas_main] [ 1669.978541] hisi_sas_v3_remove+0x130/0x150 [hisi_sas_v3_hw] [ 1669.984175] pci_device_remove+0x48/0xd8 [ 1669.988082] device_release_driver_internal+0x1b4/0x250 [ 1669.993282] device_release_driver+0x28/0x38 [ 1669.997534] pci_stop_bus_device+0x84/0xb8 [ 1670.001611] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x40 [ 1670.007244] remove_store+0xfc/0x140 [ 1670.010802] dev_attr_store+0x44/0x60 [ 1670.014448] sysfs_kf_write+0x58/0x80 [ 1670.018095] kernfs_fop_write+0xe8/0x1f0 [ 1670.022000] __vfs_write+0x60/0x190 [ 1670.025472] vfs_write+0xac/0x1c0 [ 1670.028771] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd8 [ 1670.032071] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30 [ 1670.035977] el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130 [ 1670.039710] el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78 [ 1670.043442] el0_svc+0x8/0xc To fix this, set debugfs_dir to NULL after debugfs_remove_recursive().

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.1.64-1CVE-2023-52808
Fixed in:6.5.13-1CVE-2023-52808
Fixed in:6.5.13-1CVE-2023-52808

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days
15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

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