| Name | CVE-2024-40970 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac I have a use case where nr_buffers = 3 and in which each descriptor is composed by 3 segments, resulting in the DMA channel descs_allocated to be 9. Since axi_desc_put() handles the hw_desc considering the descs_allocated, this scenario would result in a kernel panic (hw_desc array will be overrun). To fix this, the proposal is to add a new member to the axi_dma_desc structure, where we keep the number of allocated hw_descs (axi_desc_alloc()) and use it in axi_desc_put() to handle the hw_desc array correctly. Additionally I propose to remove the axi_chan_start_first_queued() call after completing the transfer, since it was identified that unbalance can occur (started descriptors can be interrupted and transfer ignored due to DMA channel not being enabled). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4008-1, DSA-5731-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.140-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.31-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.12.32-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.1 (PTS) | bullseye (security) | 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.99-1 | DSA-5731-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.9.7-1 | |||
| linux-6.1 | source | bullseye | 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 | DLA-4008-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/333e11bf47fa8d477db90e2900b1ed3c9ae9b697 (6.10-rc1)