5.5

CVE-2024-27060

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thunderbolt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tb_port_update_credits()

Olliver reported that his system crashes when plugging in Thunderbolt 1
device:

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 [thunderbolt]
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? __die+0x23/0x70
  ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
  ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
  ? tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130
  ? tb_switch_update_link_attributes+0x83/0xd0
  tb_switch_add+0x7a2/0xfe0
  tb_scan_port+0x236/0x6f0
  tb_handle_hotplug+0x6db/0x900
  process_one_work+0x171/0x340
  worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0
  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
  kthread+0xe5/0x120
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
  </TASK>

This is due the fact that some Thunderbolt 1 devices only have one lane
adapter. Fix this by checking for the lane 1 before we read its credits.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.7.12
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc4
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc5
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc6
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.039
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.