Linux Kernel up to 6.8.5 AMD GPU mlx5_core iteration

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.5. Impacted is the function mlx5_core of the component AMD GPU. The manipulation leads to iteration. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-35931. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.5 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function mlx5_core of the component AMD GPU. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a iteration vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-834. The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Skip do PCI error slot reset during RAS recovery Why: The PCI error slot reset maybe triggered after inject ue to UMC multi times, this caused system hang. [ 557.371857] amdgpu 0000:af:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset succeeded, trying to resume [ 557.373718] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled. [ 557.373722] [drm] PTB located at 0x0000031FED700000 [ 557.373788] [drm] VRAM is lost due to GPU reset! [ 557.373789] [drm] PSP is resuming... [ 557.547012] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_err_detected Device state = 1 pci_status: 0. Exit, result = 3, need reset [ 557.547067] [drm] PCI error: detected callback, state(1)!! [ 557.547069] [drm] No support for XGMI hive yet... [ 557.548125] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_slot_reset Device state = 1 pci_status: 0. Enter [ 557.607763] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: wait vital counter value 0x16b5b after 1 iterations [ 557.607777] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_slot_reset Device state = 1 pci_status: 1. Exit, err = 0, result = 5, recovered [ 557.610492] [drm] PCI error: slot reset callback!! ... [ 560.689382] amdgpu 0000:3f:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded! [ 560.689546] amdgpu 0000:5a:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded! [ 560.689562] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x5f080b54534f611f: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 560.701008] CPU: 16 PID: 2361 Comm: kworker/u448:9 Tainted: G OE 5.15.0-91-generic #101-Ubuntu [ 560.712057] Hardware name: Microsoft C278A/C278A, BIOS C2789.5.BS.1C11.AG.1 11/08/2023 [ 560.720959] Workqueue: amdgpu-reset-hive amdgpu_ras_do_recovery [amdgpu] [ 560.728887] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_device_gpu_recover.cold+0xbf1/0xcf5 [amdgpu] [ 560.736891] Code: ff 41 89 c6 e9 1b ff ff ff 44 0f b6 45 b0 e9 4f ff ff ff be 01 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 76 c9 8b ff 44 0f b6 45 b0 e9 3c fd ff ff 83 ba 18 02 00 00 00 0f 84 6a f8 ff ff 48 8d 7a 78 be 01 00 00 [ 560.757967] RSP: 0018:ffa0000032e53d80 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 560.763848] RAX: ffa00000001dfd10 RBX: ffa0000000197090 RCX: ffa0000032e53db0 [ 560.771856] RDX: 5f080b54534f5f07 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ff11000128100010 [ 560.779867] RBP: ffa0000032e53df0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffffe77f08 [ 560.787879] R10: 0000000000ffff0a R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 560.795889] R13: ffa0000032e53e00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 560.803889] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff11007e7e800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 560.812973] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 560.819422] CR2: 000055a04c118e68 CR3: 0000000007410005 CR4: 0000000000771ee0 [ 560.827433] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 560.835433] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 560.843444] PKRU: 55555554 [ 560.846480] Call Trace: [ 560.849225] [ 560.851580] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2ea [ 560.856488] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2ea [ 560.861379] ? amdgpu_ras_do_recovery+0x1b2/0x210 [amdgpu] [ 560.867778] ? show_regs.part.0+0x23/0x29 [ 560.872293] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [ 560.876502] ? die_addr+0x3e/0x60 [ 560.880238] ? exc_general_protection+0x1c5/0x410 [ 560.885532] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30 [ 560.891025] ? amdgpu_device_gpu_recover.cold+0xbf1/0xcf5 [amdgpu] [ 560.898323] amdgpu_ras_do_recovery+0x1b2/0x210 [amdgpu] [ 560.904520] process_one_work+0x228/0x3d0 How: In RAS recovery, mode-1 reset is issued from RAS fatal error handling and expected all the nodes in a hive to be reset. no need to issue another mode-1 during this procedure.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-35931 since 05/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210815 (RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:9315)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.8.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 395ca1031acf/601429cca96b 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 Tenable (210815). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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