CVE-2024-41053 scsi: ufs: core: Fix ufshcd_abort_one racing issue

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A race condition in the Linux kernel UFS driver causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a system crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-41053?

CVE-2024-41053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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 ufshcd_abort_one racing issue

When ufshcd_abort_one is racing with the completion ISR, the completed tag of the request's mq_hctx pointer will be set to NULL by ISR. Return success when request is completed by ISR because ufshcd_abort_one does not need to do anything.

The racing flow is:

Thread A ufshcd_err_handler step 1 ... ufshcd_abort_one ufshcd_try_to_abort_task ufshcd_cmd_inflight(true) step 3 ufshcd_mcq_req_to_hwq blk_mq_unique_tag rq->mq_hctx->queue_num step 5

Thread B ufs_mtk_mcq_intr(cq complete ISR) step 2 scsi_done ... __blk_mq_free_request rq->mq_hctx = NULL; step 4

Below is KE back trace. ufshcd_try_to_abort_task: cmd at tag 41 not pending in the device. ufshcd_try_to_abort_task: cmd at tag=41 is cleared. Aborting tag 41 / CDB 0x28 succeeded Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000194 pc : [0xffffffddd7a79bf8] blk_mq_unique_tag+0x8/0x14 lr : [0xffffffddd6155b84] ufshcd_mcq_req_to_hwq+0x1c/0x40 [ufs_mediatek_mod_ise] do_mem_abort+0x58/0x118 el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c el1h_64_sync_handler+0x54/0x90 el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c blk_mq_unique_tag+0x8/0x14 ufshcd_err_handler+0xae4/0xfa8 [ufs_mediatek_mod_ise] process_one_work+0x208/0x4fc worker_thread+0x228/0x438 kthread+0x104/0x1d4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-41053?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-41053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-41053, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41053, GHSA-f9fx-wvgj-vvxm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41053.

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