Linux Kernel up to 6.11.5 ASoC sdw_stream_add_slave null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.5. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function sdw_stream_add_slave of the component ASoC. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-50104. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function sdw_stream_add_slave of the component ASoC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: qcom: sdm845: add missing soundwire runtime stream alloc During the migration of Soundwire runtime stream allocation from the Qualcomm Soundwire controller to SoC's soundcard drivers the sdm845 soundcard was forgotten. At this point any playback attempt or audio daemon startup, for instance on sdm845-db845c (Qualcomm RB3 board), will result in stream pointer NULL dereference: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000004 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000101ecf000 [0000000000000020] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: ... CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1198 Comm: aplay Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-qcomlt-arm64-00059-g9d78f315a362-dirty #18 Hardware name: Thundercomm Dragonboard 845c (DT) pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : sdw_stream_add_slave+0x44/0x380 [soundwire_bus] lr : sdw_stream_add_slave+0x44/0x380 [soundwire_bus] sp : ffff80008a2035c0 x29: ffff80008a2035c0 x28: ffff80008a203978 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 00000000000000c0 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff1676025f4800 x23: ffff167600ff1cb8 x22: ffff167600ff1c98 x21: 0000000000000003 x20: ffff167607316000 x19: ffff167604e64e80 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffcec265074160 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff167600ff1cec x5 : ffffcec22cfa2010 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000003 x2 : ffff167613f836c0 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff16761feb60b8 Call trace: sdw_stream_add_slave+0x44/0x380 [soundwire_bus] wsa881x_hw_params+0x68/0x80 [snd_soc_wsa881x] snd_soc_dai_hw_params+0x3c/0xa4 __soc_pcm_hw_params+0x230/0x660 dpcm_be_dai_hw_params+0x1d0/0x3f8 dpcm_fe_dai_hw_params+0x98/0x268 snd_pcm_hw_params+0x124/0x460 snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x998/0x16e8 snd_pcm_ioctl+0x34/0x58 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf8 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x34/0xe0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 Code: aa0403fb f9418400 9100e000 9400102f (f8420f22) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- 0000000000006108 : 6108: d503233f paciasp 610c: a9b97bfd stp x29, x30, [sp, #-112]! 6110: 910003fd mov x29, sp 6114: a90153f3 stp x19, x20, [sp, #16] 6118: a9025bf5 stp x21, x22, [sp, #32] 611c: aa0103f6 mov x22, x1 6120: 2a0303f5 mov w21, w3 6124: a90363f7 stp x23, x24, [sp, #48] 6128: aa0003f8 mov x24, x0 612c: aa0203f7 mov x23, x2 6130: a9046bf9 stp x25, x26, [sp, #64] 6134: aa0403f9 mov x25, x4 <-- x4 copied to x25 6138: a90573fb stp x27, x28, [sp, #80] 613c: aa0403fb mov x27, x4 6140: f9418400 ldr x0, [x0, #776] 6144: 9100e000 add x0, x0, #0x38 6148: 94000000 bl 0 614c: f8420f22 ldr x2, [x25, #32]! <-- offset 0x44 ^^^ This is 0x6108 + offset 0x44 from the beginning of sdw_stream_add_slave() where data abort happens. wsa881x_hw_params() is called with stream = NULL and passes it further in register x4 (5th argu ---truncated---

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-50104 since 10/21/2024. 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 216493 (Ubuntu 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7276-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.11.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch fc34d36879f8/d0e806b0cc62 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 databases at Tenable (216493), EUVD (EUVD-2024-44579) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3339). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source eCryptfs
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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