CVE-2024-42253: high-severity vulnerability in Linux
gpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock race
Ensure that `i2c_lock' is held when setting interrupt latch and mask in
pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock() in order to avoid races.
The other (non-probe) call site pca953x_gpio_set_multiple() ensures the
lock is held before calling pca953x_write_regs().
The problem occurred when a request raced against irq_bus_sync_unlock()
approximately once per thousand reboots on an i.MX8MP based system.
* Normal case
0-0022: write register AI|3a {03,02,00,00,01} Input latch P0
0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0
0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3
0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3
* Race case
0-0022: write register AI|08 {ff,00,00,00,00} Output P3
0-0022: write register AI|08 {03,02,00,00,01} *** Wrong register ***
0-0022: write register AI|12 {fc,00,00,00,00} Config P3
0-0022: write register AI|49 {fc,fd,ff,ff,fe} Interrupt mask P0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58a5c93bd1a6e949267400080f07e57ffe05ec34https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfc6444b57dc7186b6acc964705d7516cbaf3904https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de7cffa53149c7b48bd1bb29b02390c9f05b7f41https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ecdddca80dd845df42376e4b0197fe97018ba2https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html