CVE - CVE-2024-46693

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-46693	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: soc: qcom: pmic_glink: Fix race during initialization As pointed out by Stephen Boyd it is possible that during initialization of the pmic_glink child drivers, the protection-domain notifiers fires, and the associated work is scheduled, before the client registration returns and as a result the local "client" pointer has been initialized. The outcome of this is a NULL pointer dereference as the "client" pointer is blindly dereferenced. Timeline provided by Stephen: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- ucsi->client = NULL; devm_pmic_glink_register_client() client->pdr_notify(client->priv, pg->client_state) pmic_glink_ucsi_pdr_notify() schedule_work(&ucsi->register_work) <schedule away> pmic_glink_ucsi_register() ucsi_register() pmic_glink_ucsi_read_version() pmic_glink_ucsi_read() pmic_glink_ucsi_read() pmic_glink_send(ucsi->client) <client is NULL BAD> ucsi->client = client // Too late! This code is identical across the altmode, battery manager and usci child drivers. Resolve this by splitting the allocation of the "client" object and the registration thereof into two operations. This only happens if the protection domain registry is populated at the time of registration, which by the introduction of commit '1ebcde047c54 ("soc: qcom: add pd-mapper implementation")' became much more likely.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1efdbf5323c9360e05066049b97414405e94e087 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1efdbf5323c9360e05066049b97414405e94e087 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3568affcddd68743e25aa3ec1647d9b82797757b URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3568affcddd68743e25aa3ec1647d9b82797757b MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/943b0e7cc646a624bb20a68080f8f1a4a55df41c URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/943b0e7cc646a624bb20a68080f8f1a4a55df41c
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240911	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.
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Assigned (20240911)
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