CVE-2023-52645 pmdomain: mediatek: fix race conditions with genpd

What is CVE-2023-52645?

CVE-2023-52645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pmdomain: mediatek: fix race conditions with genpd

If the power domains are registered first with genpd and *after that* the driver attempts to power them on in the probe sequence, then it is possible that a race condition occurs if genpd tries to power them on in the same time. The same is valid for powering them off before unregistering them from genpd. Attempt to fix race conditions by first removing the domains from genpd and *after that* powering down domains. Also first power up the domains and *after that* register them to genpd.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52645?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52645?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-52645 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52645 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52645, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52645, GHSA-3ghc-2486-hrxh, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52645.