In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
Mar 18, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Apr 8, 2025
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 18, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 18, 2024
Last updated
Apr 8, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: switchtec: Fix stdev_release() crash after surprise hot remove
A PCI device hot removal may occur while stdev->cdev is held open. The call
to stdev_release() then happens during close or exit, at a point way past
switchtec_pci_remove(). Otherwise the last ref would vanish with the
trailing put_device(), just before return.
At that later point in time, the devm cleanup has already removed the
stdev->mmio_mrpc mapping. Also, the stdev->pdev reference was not a counted
one. Therefore, in DMA mode, the iowrite32() in stdev_release() will cause
a fatal page fault, and the subsequent dma_free_coherent(), if reached,
would pass a stale &stdev->pdev->dev pointer.
Fix by moving MRPC DMA shutdown into switchtec_pci_remove(), after
stdev_kill(). Counting the stdev->pdev ref is now optional, but may prevent
future accidents.
Reproducible via the script at
https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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