CVE-2024-56577 media: mtk-jpeg: Fix null-ptr-deref during unload module

What is CVE-2024-56577?

CVE-2024-56577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:

media: mtk-jpeg: Fix null-ptr-deref during unload module

The workqueue should be destroyed in mtk_jpeg_core.c since commit 09aea13ecf6f ("media: mtk-jpeg: refactor some variables"), otherwise the below calltrace can be easily triggered.

[ 677.862514] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000023 [ 677.863633] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f] ... [ 677.879654] CPU: 6 PID: 1071 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G O 6.8.12-mtk+gfa1a78e5d24b+ #17 ... [ 677.882838] pc : destroy_workqueue+0x3c/0x770 [ 677.883413] lr : mtk_jpegdec_destroy_workqueue+0x70/0x88 [mtk_jpeg_dec_hw] [ 677.884314] sp : ffff80008ad974f0 [ 677.884744] x29: ffff80008ad974f0 x28: ffff0000d7115580 x27: ffff0000dd691070 [ 677.885669] x26: ffff0000dd691408 x25: ffff8000844af3e0 x24: ffff80008ad97690 [ 677.886592] x23: ffff0000e051d400 x22: ffff0000dd691010 x21: dfff800000000000 [ 677.887515] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffff800085397ac0 [ 677.888438] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8000801b87c8 x15: 1ffff000115b2e10 [ 677.889361] x14: 00000000f1f1f1f1 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff7000115b2e4d [ 677.890285] x11: 1ffff000115b2e4c x10: ffff7000115b2e4c x9 : ffff80000aa43e90 [ 677.891208] x8 : 00008fffeea4d1b4 x7 : ffff80008ad97267 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 677.892131] x5 : ffff80008ad97260 x4 : ffff7000115b2e4d x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 677.893054] x2 : 0000000000000023 x1 : dfff800000000000 x0 : 0000000000000118 [ 677.893977] Call trace: [ 677.894297] destroy_workqueue+0x3c/0x770 [ 677.894826] mtk_jpegdec_destroy_workqueue+0x70/0x88 [mtk_jpeg_dec_hw] [ 677.895677] devm_action_release+0x50/0x90 [ 677.896211] release_nodes+0xe8/0x170 [ 677.896688] devres_release_all+0xf8/0x178 [ 677.897219] device_unbind_cleanup+0x24/0x170 [ 677.897785] device_release_driver_internal+0x35c/0x480 [ 677.898461] device_release_driver+0x20/0x38 ... [ 677.912665] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56577?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-56577?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-56577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56577 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 AZL-54878, BELL-CVE-2024-56577, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56577, GHSA-6hfh-2mvq-2jjc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56577.