CVE-2022-49221

/// Technical description

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

drm/msm/dp: populate connector of struct dp_panel

DP CTS test case 4.2.2.6 has valid edid with bad checksum on purpose

and expect DP source return correct checksum. During drm edid read,

correct edid checksum is calculated and stored at

connector::real_edid_checksum.

The problem is struct dp_panel::connector never be assigned, instead the

connector is stored in struct msm_dp::connector. When we run compliance

testing test case 4.2.2.6 dp_panel_handle_sink_request() won't have a valid

edid set in struct dp_panel::edid so we'll try to use the connectors

real_edid_checksum and hit a NULL pointer dereference error because the

connector pointer is never assigned.

Changes in V2:

-- populate panel connector at msm_dp_modeset_init() instead of at dp_panel_read_sink_caps()

Changes in V3:

-- remove unhelpful kernel crash trace commit text

-- remove renaming dp_display parameter to dp

Changes in V4:

-- add more details to c

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References