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CVE-2023-52486
published 2024-03-11

CVE-2023-52486: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling If we get a…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.23%
13.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling If we get a deadlock after the fb lookup in drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl() we proceed to unref the fb and then retry the whole thing from the top. But we forget to reset the fb pointer back to NULL, and so if we then get another error during the retry, before the fb lookup, we proceed the unref the same fb again without having gotten another reference. The end result is that the fb will (eventually) end up being freed while it's still in use. Reset fb to NULL once we've unreffed it to avoid doing it again until we've done another fb lookup. This turned out to be pretty easy to hit on a DG2 when doing async flips (and CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH=y). The first symptom I saw that drm_closefb() simply got stuck in a busy loop while walking the framebuffer list. Fortunately I was able to convince it to oops instead, and from there it was easier to track down the culprit.

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.76-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.76-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < 376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229376e21a9e4c2c63ee5d8d3aa74be5082c3882229
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < 9dd334a8245011ace45e53298175c7b659edb3e79dd334a8245011ace45e53298175c7b659edb3e7
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < f55261469be87c55df13db76dc945f6bcd825105f55261469be87c55df13db76dc945f6bcd825105
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < b4af63da9d94986c529d74499fdfe44289acd551b4af63da9d94986c529d74499fdfe44289acd551
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < 62f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e062f2e79cf9f4f47cc9dea9cebdf58d9f7b5695e0
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < d7afdf360f4ac142832b098b4de974e867cc063cd7afdf360f4ac142832b098b4de974e867cc063c
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < bfd0feb1b109cb63b87fdcd00122603787c75a1abfd0feb1b109cb63b87fdcd00122603787c75a1a
linuxlinux>= 29dc0d1de18239cf3ef8bab578b8321ed340d81c < cb4daf271302d71a6b9a7c01bd0b6d76febd8f0ccb4daf271302d71a6b9a7c01bd0b6d76febd8f0c
linuxlinux_kernel< 4.19.3074.19.307
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.216-15.10.216-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.76-16.1.76-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.15-16.6.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.15-16.6.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-181.2015.4.0-181.201
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-106.1165.15.0-106.116
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-232.2444.15.0-232.244
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2695.4.269
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1495.15.149
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.766.1.76
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2105.10.210
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.156.6.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.7.36.7.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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