Linux Kernel up to 6.8.2/6.9-rc1 on DP drm divide by zero

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.2/6.9-rc1 on DP. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component drm. The manipulation results in divide by zero. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-26941. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.2/6.9-rc1 on DP. Affected is an unknown code block of the component drm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a divide by zero vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp: Fix divide-by-zero regression on DP MST unplug with nouveau Fix a regression when using nouveau and unplugging a StarTech MSTDP122DP DisplayPort 1.2 MST hub (the same regression does not appear when using a Cable Matters DisplayPort 1.4 MST hub). Trace: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 7 PID: 2962 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3+ #744 Hardware name: Razer Blade/DANA_MB, BIOS 01.01 08/31/2018 RIP: 0010:drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] Code: c6 b8 01 00 00 00 75 61 01 c6 41 0f af f3 41 0f af f1 c1 e1 04 48 63 c7 31 d2 89 ff 48 8b 5d f8 c9 48 0f af f1 48 8d 44 06 ff f7 f7 31 d2 31 c9 31 f6 31 ff 45 31 c0 45 31 c9 45 31 d2 45 31 RSP: 0018:ffffb2c5c211fa30 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffffffffffffffff RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000f59b00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffb2c5c211fa48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000020 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000023b4a R13: ffff91d37d165800 R14: ffff91d36fac6d80 R15: ffff91d34a764010 FS: 00007f4a1ca3fa80(0000) GS:ffff91d6edbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000559491d49000 CR3: 000000011d180002 CR4: 00000000003706f0 Call Trace: ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 ? die+0x37/0xa0 ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0 ? do_error_trap+0x71/0xb0 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? exc_divide_error+0x3a/0x70 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? asm_exc_divide_error+0x1b/0x20 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? drm_dp_calc_pbn_mode+0x2e/0x70 [drm_display_helper] nv50_msto_atomic_check+0xda/0x120 [nouveau] drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset+0xa87/0xdf0 [drm_kms_helper] drm_atomic_helper_check+0x19/0xa0 [drm_kms_helper] nv50_disp_atomic_check+0x13f/0x2f0 [nouveau] drm_atomic_check_only+0x668/0xb20 [drm] ? drm_connector_list_iter_next+0x86/0xc0 [drm] drm_atomic_commit+0x58/0xd0 [drm] ? __pfx___drm_printfn_info+0x10/0x10 [drm] drm_atomic_connector_commit_dpms+0xd7/0x100 [drm] drm_mode_obj_set_property_ioctl+0x1c5/0x450 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x3b/0x60 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb9/0x120 [drm] drm_ioctl+0x2d0/0x550 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] nouveau_drm_ioctl+0x61/0xc0 [nouveau] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x76/0x140 ? do_syscall_64+0x85/0x140 ? do_syscall_64+0x85/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 RIP: 0033:0x7f4a1cd1a94f Code: 00 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 48 8d 44 24 60 c7 04 24 10 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 48 8d 44 24 20 48 89 44 24 10 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 89 c0 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 1f 48 8b 44 24 18 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 RSP: 002b:00007ffd2f1df520 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffd2f1df5b0 RCX: 00007f4a1cd1a94f RDX: 00007ffd2f1df5b0 RSI: 00000000c01064ab RDI: 000000000000000f RBP: 00000000c01064ab R08: 000056347932deb8 R09: 000056347a7d99c0 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000056347938a220 R13: 000000000000000f R14: 0000563479d9f3f0 R15: 0000000000000000 Modules linked in: rfcomm xt_conntrack nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_nat nf_conntrack_netlink nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 xfrm_user xfrm_algo xt_addrtype nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink br_netfilter bridge stp llc ccm cmac algif_hash overlay algif_skcipher af_alg bnep binfmt_misc snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl snd_sof_intel_hda_common snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof_intel_hda snd_sof snd_sof_utils snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink snd_hda_ext_core iwlmvm intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_tcc_cooling x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp mac80211 coretemp kvm_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi kvm snd_hda_ ---truncated---

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26941 since 02/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.8.3 or 6.9-rc2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 828862071a6c/9cbd1dae8427 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1008). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• EMC Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.9-rc1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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