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CVE-2022-48707
published 2024-05-21

CVE-2022-48707: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Fix null pointer dereference for resetting decoder Not all decoders have a…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
10.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Fix null pointer dereference for resetting decoder Not all decoders have a reset callback. The CXL specification allows a host bridge with a single root port to have no explicit HDM decoders. Currently the region driver assumes there are none. As such the CXL core creates a special pass through decoder instance without a commit/reset callback. Prior to this patch, the ->reset() callback was called unconditionally when calling cxl_region_decode_reset. Thus a configuration with 1 Host Bridge, 1 Root Port, and one directly attached CXL type 3 device or multiple CXL type 3 devices attached to downstream ports of a switch can cause a null pointer dereference. Before the fix, a kernel crash was observed when we destroy the region, and a pass through decoder is reset. The issue can be reproduced as below, 1) create a region with a CXL setup which includes a HB with a single root port under which a memdev is attached directly. 2) destroy the region with cxl destroy-region regionX -f.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.12-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.12-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 176baefb2eb5d7a3ddebe3ff803db1fce44574b5 < a04c7d062b537ff787d00da95bdfe343260d4beba04c7d062b537ff787d00da95bdfe343260d4beb
linuxlinux>= 176baefb2eb5d7a3ddebe3ff803db1fce44574b5 < 4fa4302d6dc7de7e8e74dc7405611a2efb4bf54b4fa4302d6dc7de7e8e74dc7405611a2efb4bf54b
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.12-16.1.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.12-16.1.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.12-16.1.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0 < 6.1.126.1.12

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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