Linux Kernel up to 6.11.7 clk-branch.c denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.7. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-50266. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: videocc-sm8350: use HW_CTRL_TRIGGER for vcodec GDSCs A recent change in the venus driver results in a stuck clock on the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, for example, when streaming video in firefox: video_cc_mvs0_clk status stuck at 'off' WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 2885 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:87 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c ... Call trace: clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c clk_branch2_enable+0x30/0x40 clk_core_enable+0xd8/0x29c clk_enable+0x2c/0x4c vcodec_clks_enable.isra.0+0x94/0xd8 [venus_core] coreid_power_v4+0x464/0x628 [venus_core] vdec_start_streaming+0xc4/0x510 [venus_dec] vb2_start_streaming+0x6c/0x180 [videobuf2_common] vb2_core_streamon+0x120/0x1dc [videobuf2_common] vb2_streamon+0x1c/0x6c [videobuf2_v4l2] v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon+0x30/0x80 [v4l2_mem2mem] v4l_streamon+0x24/0x30 [videodev] using the out-of-tree sm8350/sc8280xp venus support. [1] Update also the sm8350/sc8280xp GDSC definitions so that the hw control mode can be changed at runtime as the venus driver now requires.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-50266 since 10/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details 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 6.11.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d055f6f2bdfb/f903663a8dcd 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) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3497). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• IGEL OS
• Lenovo Computer
• Dell PowerEdge
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM DataPower Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5
• 6.11.6
• 6.11.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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