Linux Kernel up to 6.12.4 on Dahlia pmdomain denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.4 on Dahlia. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component pmdomain. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-56618. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.4 on Dahlia. This affects an unknown function of the component pmdomain. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pmdomain: imx: gpcv2: Adjust delay after power up handshake The udelay(5) is not enough, sometimes below kernel panic still be triggered: [ 4.012973] Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt [ 4.012976] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 186 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-0.0.0-devel-00004-g8b1b79e88956 #1 [ 4.012982] Hardware name: Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus WB on Dahlia Board (DT) [ 4.012985] Call trace: [...] [ 4.013029] arm64_serror_panic+0x64/0x70 [ 4.013034] do_serror+0x3c/0x70 [ 4.013039] el1h_64_error_handler+0x30/0x54 [ 4.013046] el1h_64_error+0x64/0x68 [ 4.013050] clk_imx8mp_audiomix_runtime_resume+0x38/0x48 [ 4.013059] __genpd_runtime_resume+0x30/0x80 [ 4.013066] genpd_runtime_resume+0x114/0x29c [ 4.013073] __rpm_callback+0x48/0x1e0 [ 4.013079] rpm_callback+0x68/0x80 [ 4.013084] rpm_resume+0x3bc/0x6a0 [ 4.013089] __pm_runtime_resume+0x50/0x9c [ 4.013095] pm_runtime_get_suppliers+0x60/0x8c [ 4.013101] __driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x14c [ 4.013108] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x120 [ 4.013114] __driver_attach+0xc4/0x200 [ 4.013119] bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xe0 [ 4.013125] driver_attach+0x24/0x30 [ 4.013130] bus_add_driver+0x110/0x240 [ 4.013135] driver_register+0x68/0x124 [ 4.013142] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30 [ 4.013149] sdma_driver_init+0x20/0x1000 [imx_sdma] [ 4.013163] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x1e0 [ 4.013168] do_init_module+0x5c/0x21c [ 4.013175] load_module+0x1a98/0x205c [ 4.013181] init_module_from_file+0x88/0xd4 [ 4.013187] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x258/0x350 [ 4.013194] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x50/0xe0 [ 4.013202] do_el0_svc+0xa8/0xe0 [ 4.013208] el0_svc+0x3c/0x140 [ 4.013215] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [ 4.013222] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 4.013228] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs The correct way is to wait handshake, but it needs BUS clock of BLK-CTL be enabled, which is in separate driver. So delay is the only option here. The udelay(10) is a data got by experiment.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56618 since 12/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 230741 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-56618), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a63907c8c712414643b597debcd09d16b6827b23/2379fb937de5333991c567eefd7d11b98977d059 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 (230741) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3762). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Red Hat OpenShift
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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