CVE - CVE-2024-37021

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-37021	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fpga: manager: add owner module and take its refcount The current implementation of the fpga manager assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the manager if the parent device does not have a driver. To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_manager struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the functions for registering the manager to take an additional owner module parameter and rename them to avoid conflicts. Use the old function names for helper macros that automatically set the module that registers the manager as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a manager without setting the owner. Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga manager. Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from __fpga_mgr_get() to fpga_mgr_get() and of_fpga_mgr_get() to improve code clarity since the manager device is taken in these functions.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2da62a139a6221a345db4eb9f4f1c4b0937c89ad URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2da62a139a6221a345db4eb9f4f1c4b0937c89ad MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d4d2d4346857bf778fafaa97d6f76bb1663e3c9 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d4d2d4346857bf778fafaa97d6f76bb1663e3c9 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ac496a01c9337a11362cea427038ba621ca9eb URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ac496a01c9337a11362cea427038ba621ca9eb
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240624	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240624)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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