CVE-2024-50226

/// Technical description

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

cxl/port: Fix use-after-free, permit out-of-order decoder shutdown

In support of investigating an initialization failure report [1],

cxl_test was updated to register mock memory-devices after the mock

root-port/bus device had been registered. That led to cxl_test crashing

with a use-after-free bug with the following signature:

cxl_port_attach_region: cxl region3: cxl_host_bridge.0:port3 decoder3.0 add: mem0:decoder7.0 @ 0 next: cxl_switch_uport.0 nr_eps: 1 nr_targets: 1

cxl_port_attach_region: cxl region3: cxl_host_bridge.0:port3 decoder3.0 add: mem4:decoder14.0 @ 1 next: cxl_switch_uport.0 nr_eps: 2 nr_targets: 1

cxl_port_setup_targets: cxl region3: cxl_switch_uport.0:port6 target[0] = cxl_switch_dport.0 for mem0:decoder7.0 @ 0

1) cxl_port_setup_targets: cxl region3: cxl_switch_uport.0:port6 target[1] = cxl_switch_dport.4 for mem4:decoder14.0 @ 1

[..]

cxld_unregister: cxl decoder14.0:

cxl_r

/// 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