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CVE-2024-56593

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw() This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug in brcmfmac that occurs when a high \'sd_sgentry_align\' value applies (e.g. 512) and a lot of queued SKBs are sent from the pkt queue. The problem is the number of entries in the pre-allocated sgtable, it is nents = max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) + max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) >> 4 + 1. Given the default [rt]xglom_size=32 it\'s actually 35 which is too small. Worst case, the pkt queue can end up with 64 SKBs. This occurs when a new SKB is added for each original SKB if tailroom isn\'t enough to hold tail_pad. At least one sg entry is needed for each SKB. So, eventually the skb_queue_walk loop in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw may run out of sg entries. This makes sg_next return NULL and this causes the oops. The patch sets nents to max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) * 2 to be able handle the worst-case. Btw. this requires only 64-35=29 * 16 (or 20 if CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH) = 464 additional bytes of memory.

Priority: --
CVSS v3: 5.5
Component: linux
Publish Date: Dec 27, 2024
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: MEDIUM
Modified Date: Dec 27, 2024

Find out more about CVE-2024-56593 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux 8 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux 9 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux 7 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Vulnerable LIN1021-12797
-- --
Wind River Linux LTS 22 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux CD release N/A -- -- --
Wind River Linux 6 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 24 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks 6.9 (End-of-Life) Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --
eLxr
eLxr 12 Fixed -- 6.1.123-1 --
Wind River Studio Cloud Platform

Related Products

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Notes
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