Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - flush misc workqueue during device shutdown Repeated loading and unloading of a device specific QAT driver, for example qat_4xxx, in a tight loop can lead to a crash due to a use-after-free scenario. This occurs when a power management (PM) interrupt triggers just before the device-specific driver (e.g., qat_4xxx.ko) is unloaded, while the core driver (intel_qat.ko) remains loaded. Since the driver uses a shared workqueue (`qat_misc_wq`) across all devices and owned by intel_qat.ko, a deferred routine from the device-specific driver may still be pending in the queue. If this routine executes after the driver is unloaded, it can dereference freed memory, resulting in a page fault and kernel crash like the following: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffa000002e50a01c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode RIP: 0010:pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] Call Trace: pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] process_one_work+0x171/0x340 worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0 kthread+0xf0/0x120 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 To prevent this, flush the misc workqueue during device shutdown to ensure that all pending work items are completed before the driver is unloaded. Note: This approach may slightly increase shutdown latency if the workqueue contains jobs from other devices, but it ensures correctness and stability.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected e5745f34113b758b45d134dec04a7df94dc67131 before fa4c14a82747886d333d8baef0d26da86ba1ccf7; affected e5745f34113b758b45d134dec04a7df94dc67131 before 5858448a6c65d8ee3f8600570d3ce19febcb33be; affected e5745f34113b758b45d134dec04a7df94dc67131 before fe546f5c50fc474daca6bee72caa7ab68a74c33d; affected e5745f34113b758b45d134dec04a7df94dc67131 before e59a52e429e13df3feb34f4853a8e36d121ed937; affected e5745f34113b758b45d134dec04a7df94dc67131 before 3d4df408ba9bad2b205c7fb8afc1836a6a4ca88a |
| Linux / Linux | affected 5.18; unaffected 0 before 5.18; unaffected 6.1.162 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.103 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.44 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.16.4 through 6.16.*; unaffected 6.17 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa4c14a82747886d333d8baef0d26da86ba1ccf7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5858448a6c65d8ee3f8600570d3ce19febcb33be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe546f5c50fc474daca6bee72caa7ab68a74c33d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59a52e429e13df3feb34f4853a8e36d121ed937
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4df408ba9bad2b205c7fb8afc1836a6a4ca88a
ADP enrichment
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