ghsa-79w7-7m7g-wmx3
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Make use of cached 'epc_features' in pci_epf_test_core_init()
Instead of getting the epc_features from pci_epc_get_features() API, use the cached pci_epf_test::epc_features value to avoid the NULL check. Since the NULL check is already performed in pci_epf_test_bind(), having one more check in pci_epf_test_core_init() is redundant and it is not possible to hit the NULL pointer dereference.
Also with commit a01e7214bef9 ("PCI: endpoint: Remove "core_init_notifier" flag"), 'epc_features' got dereferenced without the NULL check, leading to the following false positive Smatch warning:
drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c:784 pci_epf_test_core_init() error: we previously assumed 'epc_features' could be null (see line 747)
Thus, remove the redundant NULL check and also use the epc_features:: {msix_capable/msi_capable} flags directly to avoid local variables.
[kwilczynski: commit log]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43824"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-17T10:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Make use of cached \u0027epc_features\u0027 in pci_epf_test_core_init()\n\nInstead of getting the epc_features from pci_epc_get_features() API, use\nthe cached pci_epf_test::epc_features value to avoid the NULL check. Since\nthe NULL check is already performed in pci_epf_test_bind(), having one more\ncheck in pci_epf_test_core_init() is redundant and it is not possible to\nhit the NULL pointer dereference.\n\nAlso with commit a01e7214bef9 (\"PCI: endpoint: Remove \"core_init_notifier\"\nflag\"), \u0027epc_features\u0027 got dereferenced without the NULL check, leading to\nthe following false positive Smatch warning:\n\n drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c:784 pci_epf_test_core_init() error: we previously assumed \u0027epc_features\u0027 could be null (see line 747)\n\nThus, remove the redundant NULL check and also use the epc_features::\n{msix_capable/msi_capable} flags directly to avoid local variables.\n\n[kwilczynski: commit log]",
"id": "GHSA-79w7-7m7g-wmx3",
"modified": "2024-09-03T18:31:31Z",
"published": "2024-08-17T12:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43824"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5095a8bd1bd349cce1c879e5e44407a34dda8a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4ad016abb1632ff7ee598a6037952b495e5b80"
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],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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