CVE-2024-36893 usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

What is CVE-2024-36893?

CVE-2024-36893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 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:

usb: typec: tcpm: Check for port partner validity before consuming it

typec_register_partner() does not guarantee partner registration to always succeed. In the event of failure, port->partner is set to the error value or NULL. Given that port->partner validity is not checked, this results in the following crash:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address xx pc : run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08 lr : run_state_machine+0x1b90/0x1c08 .. Call trace: run_state_machine+0x1bc8/0x1c08 tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4 kthread_worker_fn+0x118/0x328 kthread+0x1d0/0x23c ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

To prevent the crash, check for port->partner validity before derefencing it in all the call sites.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36893?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36893?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-36893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as AZL-42465, AZL-42496, BELL-CVE-2024-36893, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36893, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36893.