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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Unreviewed Published May 1, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 1, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

thunderbolt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tb_port_update_credits()

Olliver reported that his system crashes when plugging in Thunderbolt 1
device:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 [thunderbolt]
Call Trace:

? __die+0x23/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130
? tb_switch_update_link_attributes+0x83/0xd0
tb_switch_add+0x7a2/0xfe0
tb_scan_port+0x236/0x6f0
tb_handle_hotplug+0x6db/0x900
process_one_work+0x171/0x340
worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe5/0x120
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

This is due the fact that some Thunderbolt 1 devices only have one lane
adapter. Fix this by checking for the lane 1 before we read its credits.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 1, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2024
Last updated May 1, 2024

Severity

Unknown

EPSS score

0.043%
(10th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2024-27060

GHSA ID

GHSA-9g4f-34x6-x7jf

Source code

No known source code

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