In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Handle mailbox...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Handle mailbox timeouts in lpfc_get_sfp_info
The MBX_TIMEOUT return code is not handled in lpfc_get_sfp_info and the routine unconditionally frees submitted mailbox commands regardless of return status. The issue is that for MBX_TIMEOUT cases, when firmware returns SFP information at a later time, that same mailbox memory region references previously freed memory in its cmpl routine.
Fix by adding checks for the MBX_TIMEOUT return code. During mailbox resource cleanup, check the mbox flag to make sure that the wait did not timeout. If the MBOX_WAKE flag is not set, then do not free the resources because it will be freed when firmware completes the mailbox at a later time in its cmpl routine.
Also, increase the timeout from 30 to 60 seconds to accommodate boot scripts requiring longer timeouts.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46842
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bba47fe3b038cca3d3ebd799665ce69d6d273b58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ede596b1434b57c0b3fd5c02b326efe5c54f6e48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d8cce685d6088d795b29a0f47e6fd04548fd64
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97x4-gv8v-28vq