CVE-2024-35990: linux kernel vulnerability

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma: xilinx_dpdma: Fix locking There are several places where either chan->lock or chan->vchan.lock was not held. Add appropriate locking. This fixes lockdep warnings like [ 31.077578] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 31.077831] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 40 at drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dpdma.c:834 xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.077953] Modules linked in: [ 31.078019] CPU: 2 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u12:1 Not tainted 6.6.20+ #98 [ 31.078102] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT) [ 31.078169] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 31.078272] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 31.078377] pc : xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.078473] lr : xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x270/0x5e0 [ 31.078550] sp : ffffffc083bb2e10 [ 31.078590] x29: ffffffc083bb2e10 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff880165a168 [ 31.078754] x26: ffffff880164e920 x25: ffffff880164eab8 x24: ffffff880164d480 [ 31.078920] x23: ffffff880165a148 x22: ffffff880164e988 x21: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079132] x20: ffffffc082aa3000 x19: ffffff880164e880 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079295] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 31.079453] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffffff8802263dc0 x12: 0000000000000001 [ 31.079613] x11: 0001ffc083bb2e34 x10: 0001ff880164e98f x9 : 0001ffc082aa3def [ 31.079824] x8 : 0001ffc082aa3dec x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000516 [ 31.079982] x5 : ffffffc7f8d43000 x4 : ffffff88003c9c40 x3 : ffffffffffffffff [ 31.080147] x2 : ffffffc7f8d43000 x1 : 00000000000000c0 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 31.080307] Call trace: [ 31.080340] xilinx_dpdma_chan_queue_transfer+0x274/0x5e0 [ 31.080518] xilinx_dpdma_issue_pending+0x11c/0x120 [ 31.080595] zynqmp_disp_layer_update+0x180/0x3ac [ 31.080712] zynqmp_dpsub_plane_atomic_update+0x11c/0x21c [ 31.080825] drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x20c/0x684 [ 31.080951] drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x5c/0xb0 [ 31.081139] commit_tail+0x234/0x294 [ 31.081246] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x1f8/0x210 [ 31.081363] drm_atomic_commit+0x100/0x140 [ 31.081477] drm_client_modeset_commit_atomic+0x318/0x384 [ 31.081634] drm_client_modeset_commit_locked+0x8c/0x24c [ 31.081725] drm_client_modeset_commit+0x34/0x5c [ 31.081812] __drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x104/0x168 [ 31.081899] drm_fb_helper_set_par+0x50/0x70 [ 31.081971] fbcon_init+0x538/0xc48 [ 31.082047] visual_init+0x16c/0x23c [ 31.082207] do_bind_con_driver.isra.0+0x2d0/0x634 [ 31.082320] do_take_over_console+0x24c/0x33c [ 31.082429] do_fbcon_takeover+0xbc/0x1b0 [ 31.082503] fbcon_fb_registered+0x2d0/0x34c [ 31.082663] register_framebuffer+0x27c/0x38c [ 31.082767] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x5c0/0x91c [ 31.082939] drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x50/0x74 [ 31.083012] drm_fbdev_dma_client_hotplug+0xb8/0x108 [ 31.083115] drm_client_register+0xa0/0xf4 [ 31.083195] drm_fbdev_dma_setup+0xb0/0x1cc [ 31.083293] zynqmp_dpsub_drm_init+0x45c/0x4e0 [ 31.083431] zynqmp_dpsub_probe+0x444/0x5e0 [ 31.083616] platform_probe+0x8c/0x13c [ 31.083713] really_probe+0x258/0x59c [ 31.083793] __driver_probe_device+0xc4/0x224 [ 31.083878] driver_probe_device+0x70/0x1c0 [ 31.083961] __device_attach_driver+0x108/0x1e0 [ 31.084052] bus_for_each_drv+0x9c/0x100 [ 31.084125] __device_attach+0x100/0x298 [ 31.084207] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20 [ 31.084292] bus_probe_device+0xd8/0xdc [ 31.084368] deferred_probe_work_func+0x11c/0x180 [ 31.084451] process_one_work+0x3ac/0x988 [ 31.084643] worker_thread+0x398/0x694 [ 31.084752] kthread+0x1bc/0x1c0 [ 31.084848] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 31.084932] irq event stamp: 64549 [ 31.084970] hardirqs last enabled at (64548): [<ffffffc081adf35c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x80/0x90 [ 31.085157] ---truncated---

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-35990, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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