CVE-2024-50224

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-fsl-dspi: Fix crash when not using GPIO chip select Add check for the return value of spi_get_csgpiod() to avoid passing a NULL pointer to gpiod_direction_output(), preventing a crash when GPIO chip select is not used. Fix below crash: [ 4.251960] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 4.260762] Mem abort info: [ 4.263556] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 4.267308] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 4.272624] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 4.275681] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 4.278822] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 4.283704] Data abort info: [ 4.286583] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 4.292074] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 4.297130] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 4.302445] [0000000000000000] user address but active_mm is swapper [ 4.308805] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 4.315072] Modules linked in: [ 4.318124] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-next-20241023-00008-ga20ec42c5fc1 #359 [ 4.328130] Hardware name: LS1046A QDS Board (DT) [ 4.332832] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 4.339794] pc : gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0x5c [ 4.344505] lr : gpiod_direction_output+0x18/0x5c [ 4.349208] sp : ffff80008003b8f0 [ 4.352517] x29: ffff80008003b8f0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffc96bcc7e9068 [ 4.359659] x26: ffffc96bcc6e00b0 x25: ffffc96bcc598398 x24: ffff447400132810 [ 4.366800] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000011e1a300 x21: 0000000000020002 [ 4.373940] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 4.381081] x17: ffff44740016e600 x16: 0000000500000003 x15: 0000000000000007 [ 4.388221] x14: 0000000000989680 x13: 0000000000020000 x12: 000000000000001e [ 4.395362] x11: 0044b82fa09b5a53 x10: 0000000000000019 x9 : 0000000000000008 [ 4.402502] x8 : 0000000000000002 x7 : 0000000000000007 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 4.409641] x5 : 0000000000000200 x4 : 0000000002000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 4.416781] x2 : 0000000000022202 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 4.423921] Call trace: [ 4.426362] gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0x5c (P) [ 4.431067] gpiod_direction_output+0x18/0x5c (L) [ 4.435771] dspi_setup+0x220/0x334

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.55.5N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredLowLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

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

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-476

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

NULL pointer dereferences usually result in the failure of the process unless exception handling (on some platforms) is available and implemented. Even when exception handling is being used, it can still be very difficult to return the software to a safe state of operation.

Integrity,Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Read Memory; Modify Memory

In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution.

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