CVE-2024-40970

Technical Description

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

Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac

I have a use case where nr_buffers = 3 and in which each descriptor is composed by 3

segments, resulting in the DMA channel descs_allocated to be 9. Since axi_desc_put()

handles the hw_desc considering the descs_allocated, this scenario would result in a

kernel panic (hw_desc array will be overrun).

To fix this, the proposal is to add a new member to the axi_dma_desc structure,

where we keep the number of allocated hw_descs (axi_desc_alloc()) and use it in

axi_desc_put() to handle the hw_desc array correctly.

Additionally I propose to remove the axi_chan_start_first_queued() call after completing

the transfer, since it was identified that unbalance can occur (started descriptors can

be interrupted and transfer ignored due to DMA channel not being enabled).

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. 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.

Affected Products

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