Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: fastrpc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in rpmsg callback A NULL pointer dereference was observed on Hawi at boot when the DSP sends a glink message before fastrpc_rpmsg_probe() has completed initialization: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000178 pc : _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c lr : fastrpc_rpmsg_callback+0x3c/0xcc [fastrpc] ... Call trace: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c (P) fastrpc_rpmsg_callback+0x3c/0xcc [fastrpc] qcom_glink_native_rx+0x538/0x6a4 qcom_glink_smem_intr+0x14/0x24 [qcom_glink_smem] The faulting address 0x178 corresponds to the lock variable inside struct fastrpc_channel_ctx, confirming that cctx is NULL when fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() attempts to take the spinlock. There are two issues here. First, dev_set_drvdata() is called before spin_lock_init() and idr_init(), leaving a window where the callback can retrieve a valid cctx pointer but operate on an uninitialized spinlock. Second, the rpmsg channel becomes live as soon as the driver is bound, so fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() can fire before dev_set_drvdata() is called at all, resulting in dev_get_drvdata() returning NULL. Fix both issues by moving all cctx initialization ahead of dev_set_drvdata() so the structure is fully initialized before it becomes visible to the callback, and add a NULL check in fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() as a guard against any remaining window.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before a3d91218ccca1e990bfb737b5a6da23f0afba22b; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before 0d8c64511fd45690c5326f013710efcb4f73a97e; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before 150bf6f1193c69252580c19d3b3cd631ddce61d7; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before 8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before 4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763; affected f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 before 5401fb4fe10fac6134c308495df18ed74aebb9c4 |
| Linux / Linux | affected 5.1; unaffected 0 before 5.1; unaffected 5.10.260 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.211 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.177 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.143 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.94 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.36 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.0.13 through 7.0.*; unaffected 7.1 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d91218ccca1e990bfb737b5a6da23f0afba22b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8c64511fd45690c5326f013710efcb4f73a97e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150bf6f1193c69252580c19d3b3cd631ddce61d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5401fb4fe10fac6134c308495df18ed74aebb9c4