In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: intel-vbtn: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion
Since commit e2ffcda16290 ("ACPI: OSL: Allow Notify () handlers to run on
all CPUs") ACPI notify handlers like the intel-vbtn notify_handler() may
run on multiple CPU cores racing with themselves.
This race gets hit on Dell Venue 7140 tablets when undocking from
the keyboard, causing the handler to try and register priv->switches_dev
twice, as can be seen from the dev_info() message getting logged twice:
[ 83.861800] intel-vbtn INT33D6:00: Registering Intel Virtual Switches input-dev after receiving a switch event
[ 83.861858] input: Intel Virtual Switches as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17
[ 83.861865] intel-vbtn INT33D6:00: Registering Intel Virtual Switches input-dev after receiving a switch event
After which things go seriously wrong:
[ 83.861872] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17'
...
[ 83.861967] kobject: kobject_add_internal failed for input17 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
[ 83.877338] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
...
Protect intel-vbtn notify_handler() from racing with itself with a mutex
to fix this.
                
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History
                    27 Aug 2024, 16:10
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| First Time | Linux linux Kernel Linux | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9618a3b6ea94cf7bdff7702aca8bf2d777d97b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e075c3b13a0a142dcd3151b25d29a24f31b7b640 - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5 | 
| Summary | 
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26 Aug 2024, 11:15
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| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2024-08-26 11:15
Updated : 2024-08-27 16:10
NVD link : CVE-2024-44937
Mitre link : CVE-2024-44937
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-44937
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Products Affected
                linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
