Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2024 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2024-26807spi: cadence-qspi: fix pointer reference in runtime PM hooks
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-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 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Both cadence-quadspi ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() implementations start with: struct cqspi_st *cqspi = dev_get_drvdata(dev); struct spi_controller *host = dev_get_drvdata(dev); This obviously cannot be correct, unless "struct cqspi_st" is the first member of " struct spi_controller", or the other way around, but it is not the case. "struct spi_controller" is allocated by devm_spi_alloc_host(), which allocates an extra amount of memory for private data, used to store "struct cqspi_st". The ->probe() function of the cadence-quadspi driver then sets the device drvdata to store the address of the "struct cqspi_st" structure. Therefore: struct cqspi_st *cqspi = dev_get_drvdata(dev); is correct, but: struct spi_controller *host = dev_get_drvdata(dev); is not, as it makes "host" point not to a "struct spi_controller" but to the same "struct cqspi_st" structure as above. This obviously leads to bad things (memory corruption, kernel crashes) directly during ->probe(), as ->probe() enables the device using PM runtime, leading the ->runtime_resume() hook being called, which in turns calls spi_controller_resume() with the wrong pointer. This has at least been reported [0] to cause a kernel crash, but the exact behavior will depend on the memory contents. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240226121803.5a7r5wkpbbowcxgx@dhruva/ This issue potentially affects all platforms that are currently using the cadence-quadspi driver.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.140-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.140-1 | DSA-5925-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.7.9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.7.9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26807 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 79acf7fb856eade9c3d0cf00fd34a04bf5c43a1c – before 2c914aac9522f6e93822c18dff233d3e92399c812087e85bb66ee3652dafe732bb9b9b896229eafc – before 03f1573c9587029730ca68503f5062105b122f612087e85bb66ee3652dafe732bb9b9b896229eafc – before 34e1d5c4407c78de0e3473e1fbf8fb74dbe66d032087e85bb66ee3652dafe732bb9b9b896229eafc – before 32ce3bb57b6b402de2aec1012511e7ac4e7449dce3f9fc9a4f1499cc9e1bad4482d377494e367b3d6716203844bc8489af5e5564f0fa31e0c094a7ffb24f1ecc8fe2ceefc14af02edb1744c246d87bf7d453f25faf681799d636fe9d6899ad91c45aa11e |
| Linux | Linux | 6.4 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c914aac9522f6e93822c18dff233d3e92399c81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f1573c9587029730ca68503f5062105b122f61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34e1d5c4407c78de0e3473e1fbf8fb74dbe66d03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ce3bb57b6b402de2aec1012511e7ac4e7449dc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html