Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57914usb: typec: tcpci: fix NULL pointer issue on shared irq case

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.0% 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: usb: typec: tcpci: fix NULL pointer issue on shared irq case The tcpci_irq() may meet below NULL pointer dereference issue: [ 2.641851] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 [ 2.641951] status 0x1, 0x37f [ 2.650659] Mem abort info: [ 2.656490] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 2.660230] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 2.665532] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 2.668579] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 2.671715] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 2.676584] Data abort info: [ 2.679459] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 2.684936] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 2.689980] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 2.695284] [0000000000000010] user address but active_mm is swapper [ 2.701632] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 2.707883] Modules linked in: [ 2.710936] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 87 Comm: irq/111-2-0051 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-06316-g7f63786ad3d1-dirty #4 [ 2.720570] Hardware name: NXP i.MX93 11X11 EVK board (DT) [ 2.726040] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 2.732989] pc : tcpci_irq+0x38/0x318 [ 2.736647] lr : _tcpci_irq+0x14/0x20 [ 2.740295] sp : ffff80008324bd30 [ 2.743597] x29: ffff80008324bd70 x28: ffff800080107894 x27: ffff800082198f70 [ 2.750721] x26: ffff0000050e6680 x25: ffff000004d172ac x24: ffff0000050f0000 [ 2.757845] x23: ffff000004d17200 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffff0000050f0000 [ 2.764969] x20: ffff000004d17200 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000001 [ 2.772093] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff80008183d8a0 x15: ffff00007fbab040 [ 2.779217] x14: ffff00007fb918c0 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 000000000000017a [ 2.786341] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000a90 x9 : ffff80008324bd00 [ 2.793465] x8 : ffff0000050f0af0 x7 : ffff00007fbaa840 x6 : 0000000000000031 [ 2.800589] x5 : 000000000000017a x4 : 0000000000000002 x3 : 0000000000000002 [ 2.807713] x2 : ffff80008324bd3a x1 : 0000000000000010 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 2.814838] Call trace: [ 2.817273] tcpci_irq+0x38/0x318 [ 2.820583] _tcpci_irq+0x14/0x20 [ 2.823885] irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa8 [ 2.827456] irq_thread+0x16c/0x2f4 [ 2.830940] kthread+0x110/0x114 [ 2.834164] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 2.837738] Code: f9426420 f9001fe0 d2800000 52800201 (f9400a60) This may happen on shared irq case. Such as two Type-C ports share one irq. After the first port finished tcpci_register_port(), it may trigger interrupt. However, if the interrupt comes by chance the 2nd port finishes devm_request_threaded_irq(), the 2nd port interrupt handler will run at first. Then the above issue happens due to tcpci is still a NULL pointer in tcpci_irq() when dereference to regmap. devm_request_threaded_irq() <-- port1 irq comes disable_irq(client->irq); tcpci_register_port() This will restore the logic to the state before commit (77e85107a771 "usb: typec: tcpci: support edge irq"). However, moving tcpci_register_port() earlier creates a problem when use edge irq because tcpci_init() will be called before devm_request_threaded_irq(). The tcpci_init() writes the ALERT_MASK to the hardware to tell it to start generating interrupts but we're not ready to deal with them yet, then the ALERT events may be missed and ALERT line will not recover to high level forever. To avoid the issue, this will also set ALERT_MASK register after devm_request_threaded_irq() return.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57914
Debian:14linux6.12.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57914

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 77e85107a7717ecb755cf77a2752a2aadd28c4e3 – before 8586d6ea623e48b2bd38304bbc52b0b8228816ff77e85107a7717ecb755cf77a2752a2aadd28c4e3 – before 862a9c0f68487fd6ced15622d9cdcec48f8b5aaa
Linux Linux 6.12

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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