CVE-2024-56568

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/arm-smmu: Defer probe of clients after smmu device bound

Null pointer dereference occurs due to a race between smmu driver probe and client driver probe, when of_dma_configure() for client is called after the iommu_device_register() for smmu driver probe has executed but before the driver_bound() for smmu driver has been called.

Following is how the race occurs:

T1:Smmu device probe T2: Client device probe

really_probe() arm_smmu_device_probe() iommu_device_register() really_probe() platform_dma_configure() of_dma_configure() of_dma_configure_id() of_iommu_configure() iommu_probe_device() iommu_init_device() arm_smmu_probe_device() arm_smmu_get_by_fwnode() driver_find_device_by_fwnode() driver_find_device() next_device() klist_next() /* null ptr assigned to smmu / / null ptr dereference while smmu->streamid_mask */ driver_bound() klist_add_tail()

When this null smmu pointer is dereferenced later in arm_smmu_probe_device, the device crashes.

Fix this by deferring the probe of the client device until the smmu device has bound to the arm smmu driver.

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Affected Software

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2527d07c7e9cda2c6165d5edccf74752baac1b0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc02407ea952e20c544a078a6be2e6f008327973
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f794f387ad21c4696e5cd0626cb6f8a5f6aea5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a9485918a042e3114890dfbe19839a1897f8b2c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5018696b19bc6c021e934a8a59f4b1dd8c0ac9f8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229e6ee43d2a160a1592b83aad620d6027084aad

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