5.5

CVE-2024-36479

fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount

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

fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount

The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level
module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer
to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can
lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if
the parent device does not have a driver.

To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge
struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for
registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and
rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro
that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner.
This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and
reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner.

Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface
for registering an fpga bridge.

Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from __fpga_bridge_get()
to fpga_bridge_get() and of_fpga_bridge_get() to improve code clarity since
the bridge device is taken in these functions.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.10 < 6.1.120
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.33
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.9.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.21% 0.113
CVSS Metriken
Quelle 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.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18dc8366abb6cadcb77668b1a16434654e355d49
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da11f822042eb6ef4b6064dc048f157a7852529
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6896b6b2e2d9ec4e1b0acb4c1698a75a4b34d125
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7c4081c54a1d4068de9440957303a76f9e5c95b
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html