Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6 SCSI Driver ufshcd_clear_cmd out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is the function ufshcd_clear_cmd of the component SCSI Driver. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-26842. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function ufshcd_clear_cmd of the component SCSI Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: core: Fix shift issue in ufshcd_clear_cmd() When task_tag >= 32 (in MCQ mode) and sizeof(unsigned int) == 4, 1U << task_tag will out of bounds for a u32 mask. Fix this up to prevent SHIFT_ISSUE (bitwise shifts that are out of bounds for their data type). [name:debug_monitors&]Unexpected kernel BRK exception at EL1 [name:traps&]Internal error: BRK handler: 00000000f2005514 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [name:mediatek_cpufreq_hw&]cpufreq stop DVFS log done [name:mrdump&]Kernel Offset: 0x1ba5800000 from 0xffffffc008000000 [name:mrdump&]PHYS_OFFSET: 0x80000000 [name:mrdump&]pstate: 22400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO) [name:mrdump&]pc : [0xffffffdbaf52bb2c] ufshcd_clear_cmd+0x280/0x288 [name:mrdump&]lr : [0xffffffdbaf52a774] ufshcd_wait_for_dev_cmd+0x3e4/0x82c [name:mrdump&]sp : ffffffc0081471b0 Workqueue: ufs_eh_wq_0 ufshcd_err_handler Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x144 show_stack+0x18/0x24 dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x9c dump_stack+0x18/0x44 mrdump_common_die+0x254/0x480 [mrdump] ipanic_die+0x20/0x30 [mrdump] notify_die+0x15c/0x204 die+0x10c/0x5f8 arm64_notify_die+0x74/0x13c do_debug_exception+0x164/0x26c el1_dbg+0x64/0x80 el1h_64_sync_handler+0x3c/0x90 el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c ufshcd_clear_cmd+0x280/0x288 ufshcd_wait_for_dev_cmd+0x3e4/0x82c ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd+0x5bc/0x9ac ufshcd_verify_dev_init+0x84/0x1c8 ufshcd_probe_hba+0x724/0x1ce0 ufshcd_host_reset_and_restore+0x260/0x574 ufshcd_reset_and_restore+0x138/0xbd0 ufshcd_err_handler+0x1218/0x2f28 process_one_work+0x5fc/0x1140 worker_thread+0x7d8/0xe20 kthread+0x25c/0x468 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-26842 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.6.19, 6.7.7 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7ac9e18f5d66/a992425d18e5/b513d30d59bb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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