Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52749spi: Fix null dereference on suspend

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: Fix null dereference on suspend A race condition exists where a synchronous (noqueue) transfer can be active during a system suspend. This can cause a null pointer dereference exception to occur when the system resumes. Example order of events leading to the exception: 1. spi_sync() calls __spi_transfer_message_noqueue() which sets ctlr->cur_msg 2. Spi transfer begins via spi_transfer_one_message() 3. System is suspended interrupting the transfer context 4. System is resumed 6. spi_controller_resume() calls spi_start_queue() which resets cur_msg to NULL 7. Spi transfer context resumes and spi_finalize_current_message() is called which dereferences cur_msg (which is now NULL) Wait for synchronous transfers to complete before suspending by acquiring the bus mutex and setting/checking a suspend flag.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.66-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52749
Debian:13linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52749
Debian:14linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52749

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 – before 4ec4508db97502a12daee88c74782e8d35ced068ae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 – before 96474ea47dc67b0704392d59192b233c8197db0eae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 – before bef4a48f4ef798c4feddf045d49e53c8a97d5e37
Linux Linux 6.0

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