CVE-2024-26842 scsi: ufs: core: Fix shift issue in ufshcd_clear_cmd()

High 7.8 Published Updated

A shift issue in the Linux kernel UFS driver causes an out-of-bounds shift, leading to a kernel crash and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
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Attackable
Local or same network only
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Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-26842?

CVE-2024-26842 is a high-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:

scsi: ufs: core: Fix shift issue in ufshcd_clear_cmd()

When task_tag >= 32 (in MCQ mode) and sizeof(unsigned int) == 4, 1U << task_tag will out of bounds for a u32 mask. Fix this up to prevent SHIFT_ISSUE (bitwise shifts that are out of bounds for their data type).

[name:debug_monitors&]Unexpected kernel BRK exception at EL1 [name:traps&]Internal error: BRK handler: 00000000f2005514 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [name:mediatek_cpufreq_hw&]cpufreq stop DVFS log done [name:mrdump&]Kernel Offset: 0x1ba5800000 from 0xffffffc008000000 [name:mrdump&]PHYS_OFFSET: 0x80000000 [name:mrdump&]pstate: 22400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO) [name:mrdump&]pc : [0xffffffdbaf52bb2c] ufshcd_clear_cmd+0x280/0x288 [name:mrdump&]lr : [0xffffffdbaf52a774] ufshcd_wait_for_dev_cmd+0x3e4/0x82c [name:mrdump&]sp : ffffffc0081471b0 <snip> Workqueue: ufs_eh_wq_0 ufshcd_err_handler Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x144 show_stack+0x18/0x24 dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x9c dump_stack+0x18/0x44 mrdump_common_die+0x254/0x480 [mrdump] ipanic_die+0x20/0x30 [mrdump] notify_die+0x15c/0x204 die+0x10c/0x5f8 arm64_notify_die+0x74/0x13c do_debug_exception+0x164/0x26c el1_dbg+0x64/0x80 el1h_64_sync_handler+0x3c/0x90 el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c ufshcd_clear_cmd+0x280/0x288 ufshcd_wait_for_dev_cmd+0x3e4/0x82c ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd+0x5bc/0x9ac ufshcd_verify_dev_init+0x84/0x1c8 ufshcd_probe_hba+0x724/0x1ce0 ufshcd_host_reset_and_restore+0x260/0x574 ufshcd_reset_and_restore+0x138/0xbd0 ufshcd_err_handler+0x1218/0x2f28 process_one_work+0x5fc/0x1140 worker_thread+0x7d8/0xe20 kthread+0x25c/0x468 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26842?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-26842?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-26842 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26842, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26842, GHSA-g2v7-347p-m9cv, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-26842, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-26842, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-26842 and 1 more.

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