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CVE-2024-44937
published 2024-08-26

CVE-2024-44937: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: intel-vbtn: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion Since commit…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.18%
8.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: intel-vbtn: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion Since commit e2ffcda16290 ("ACPI: OSL: Allow Notify () handlers to run on all CPUs") ACPI notify handlers like the intel-vbtn notify_handler() may run on multiple CPU cores racing with themselves. This race gets hit on Dell Venue 7140 tablets when undocking from the keyboard, causing the handler to try and register priv->switches_dev twice, as can be seen from the dev_info() message getting logged twice: [ 83.861800] intel-vbtn INT33D6:00: Registering Intel Virtual Switches input-dev after receiving a switch event [ 83.861858] input: Intel Virtual Switches as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17 [ 83.861865] intel-vbtn INT33D6:00: Registering Intel Virtual Switches input-dev after receiving a switch event After which things go seriously wrong: [ 83.861872] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17' ... [ 83.861967] kobject: kobject_add_internal failed for input17 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. [ 83.877338] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018 ... Protect intel-vbtn notify_handler() from racing with itself with a mutex to fix this.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.10.6-1 (forky)linux 6.10.6-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e2ffcda1629012a2c1a3706432bc45fdc899a584 < 5c9618a3b6ea94cf7bdff7702aca8bf2d777d97b5c9618a3b6ea94cf7bdff7702aca8bf2d777d97b
linuxlinux>= e2ffcda1629012a2c1a3706432bc45fdc899a584 < e075c3b13a0a142dcd3151b25d29a24f31b7b640e075c3b13a0a142dcd3151b25d29a24f31b7b640
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.6-16.10.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.6-16.10.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-50.516.8.0-50.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.8 < 6.10.56.10.5

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_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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