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CVE-2023-52792
published 2024-05-21

CVE-2023-52792: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Do not try to cleanup after cxl_region_setup_targets() fails Commit…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.24%
14.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Do not try to cleanup after cxl_region_setup_targets() fails Commit 5e42bcbc3fef ("cxl/region: decrement ->nr_targets on error in cxl_region_attach()") tried to avoid 'eiw' initialization errors when ->nr_targets exceeded 16, by just decrementing ->nr_targets when cxl_region_setup_targets() failed. Commit 86987c766276 ("cxl/region: Cleanup target list on attach error") extended that cleanup to also clear cxled->pos and p->targets[pos]. The initialization error was incidentally fixed separately by: Commit 8d4285425714 ("cxl/region: Fix port setup uninitialized variable warnings") which was merged a few days after 5e42bcbc3fef. But now the original cleanup when cxl_region_setup_targets() fails prevents endpoint and switch decoder resources from being reused: 1) the cleanup does not set the decoder's region to NULL, which results in future dpa_size_store() calls returning -EBUSY 2) the decoder is not properly freed, which results in future commit errors associated with the upstream switch Now that the initialization errors were fixed separately, the proper cleanup for this case is to just return immediately. Then the resources associated with this target get cleanup up as normal when the failed region is deleted. The ->nr_targets decrement in the error case also helped prevent a p->targets[] array overflow, so add a new check to prevent against that overflow. Tested by trying to create an invalid region for a 2 switch * 2 endpoint topology, and then following up with creating a valid region.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.64-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 5e42bcbc3fef6e759dfb4d3f4cfb394c382b4249 < 90db4c1d5ebaf574d3c3065c055977982c378a8390db4c1d5ebaf574d3c3065c055977982c378a83
linuxlinux>= 5e42bcbc3fef6e759dfb4d3f4cfb394c382b4249 < 9090c5537c93cd0811ab7bfbd925b57addfffb609090c5537c93cd0811ab7bfbd925b57addfffb60
linuxlinux>= 5e42bcbc3fef6e759dfb4d3f4cfb394c382b4249 < 07ffcd8ec79cf7383e1e45815f4842fd357991c207ffcd8ec79cf7383e1e45815f4842fd357991c2
linuxlinux>= 5e42bcbc3fef6e759dfb4d3f4cfb394c382b4249 < 0718588c7aaa7a1510b4de972370535b61dddd0d0718588c7aaa7a1510b4de972370535b61dddd0d
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0 < 6.1.646.1.64
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.5.136.5.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6 < 6.6.36.6.3

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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