CVE-2024-26879 clk: meson: Add missing clocks to axg_clk_regmaps
A missing clock definition in the Linux kernel causes a null pointer dereference and kernel panic when accessing debug clock summaries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26879?
CVE-2024-26879 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:
clk: meson: Add missing clocks to axg_clk_regmaps
Some clocks were missing from axg_clk_regmaps, which caused kernel panic during cat /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary
[ 57.349402] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000001fc ... [ 57.430002] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 57.436900] pc : regmap_read+0x1c/0x88 [ 57.440608] lr : clk_regmap_gate_is_enabled+0x3c/0xb0 [ 57.445611] sp : ffff800082f1b690 [ 57.448888] x29: ffff800082f1b690 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff800080eb9a70 [ 57.455961] x26: 0000000000000007 x25: 0000000000000016 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 57.463033] x23: ffff800080e8b488 x22: 0000000000000015 x21: ffff00000e7e7000 [ 57.470106] x20: ffff00000400ec00 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 57.477178] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff0000042a3000 [ 57.484251] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff0000042a2fec x12: 0000000005f5e100 [ 57.491323] x11: abcc77118461cefd x10: 0000000000000020 x9 : ffff8000805e4b24 [ 57.498396] x8 : ffff0000028063c0 x7 : ffff800082f1b710 x6 : ffff800082f1b710 [ 57.505468] x5 : 00000000ffffffd0 x4 : ffff800082f1b6e0 x3 : 0000000000001000 [ 57.512541] x2 : ffff800082f1b6e4 x1 : 000000000000012c x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 57.519615] Call trace: [ 57.522030] regmap_read+0x1c/0x88 [ 57.525393] clk_regmap_gate_is_enabled+0x3c/0xb0 [ 57.530050] clk_core_is_enabled+0x44/0x120 [ 57.534190] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x154/0x2f0 [ 57.538847] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.543505] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.548162] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.552820] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.557477] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.562135] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.566792] clk_summary_show_subtree+0x220/0x2f0 [ 57.571450] clk_summary_show+0x84/0xb8 [ 57.575245] seq_read_iter+0x1bc/0x4b8 [ 57.578954] seq_read+0x8c/0xd0 [ 57.582059] full_proxy_read+0x68/0xc8 [ 57.585767] vfs_read+0xb0/0x268 [ 57.588959] ksys_read+0x70/0x108 [ 57.592236] __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x38 [ 57.596031] invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128 [ 57.599740] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf8 [ 57.604397] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x40 [ 57.607675] el0_svc+0x34/0xb8 [ 57.610694] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 57.615006] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 [ 57.618635] Code: a9bd7bfd 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 (b941fc00) [ 57.624668] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26879?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26879?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-26879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26879, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26879, GHSA-vcx4-7ph7-jfww, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26879.