CVE-2024-35785 (GCVE-0-2024-35785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 12:24 – Updated: 2025-05-04 09:05
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tee: optee: Fix kernel panic caused by incorrect error handling
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: optee: Fix kernel panic caused by incorrect error handling The error path while failing to register devices on the TEE bus has a bug leading to kernel panic as follows: [ 15.398930] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff07ed00626d7c [ 15.406913] Mem abort info: [ 15.409722] ESR = 0x0000000096000005 [ 15.413490] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 15.418814] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 15.421878] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 15.425031] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault [ 15.429922] Data abort info: [ 15.432813] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 15.438310] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 15.443372] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 15.448697] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000d9e3e000 [ 15.455413] [ffff07ed00626d7c] pgd=1800000bffdf9003, p4d=1800000bffdf9003, pud=0000000000000000 [ 15.464146] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Commit 7269cba53d90 ("tee: optee: Fix supplicant based device enumeration") lead to the introduction of this bug. So fix it appropriately.
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Linux Linux Affected: a953e45ebeae9a5ce342c012f7eb2a92cc8af89b , < bc40ded92af55760d12bec8222d4108de725dbe4 (git)
Affected: 01c13d8a95e0909f0081d6e3e8a891761992371b , < 4b12ff5edd141926d49c9ace4791adf3a4902fe7 (git)
Affected: 1c9561b438cbe61e78515fc7b16dc7fb8cf0b763 , < e5b5948c769aa1ebf962dddfb972f87d8f166f95 (git)
Affected: d3c4786b01aad8c377718f92d6d9b15906ee0a2a , < 520f79c110ff712b391b3d87fcacf03c74bc56ee (git)
Affected: 7269cba53d906cf257c139d3b3a53ad272176bca , < bfa344afbe472a9be08f78551fa2190c1a07d7d3 (git)
Affected: 7269cba53d906cf257c139d3b3a53ad272176bca , < 95915ba4b987cf2b222b0f251280228a1ff977ac (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.215 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.154 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.84 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.24 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.7.12 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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