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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-36479): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/24/2024
Created
09/13/2024
Added
09/12/2024
Modified
09/25/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if the parent device does not have a driver. To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner. Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga bridge. Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from __fpga_bridge_get() to fpga_bridge_get() and of_fpga_bridge_get() to improve code clarity since the bridge device is taken in these functions.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1010-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1011-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1012-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1012-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1012-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1012-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-nvidia-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1014-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1014-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1014-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1015-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-44-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-44-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-44-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-44-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-45-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-45-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-classic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-6-8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-6-8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04a
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04b
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04c
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-22-04d
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-24-04

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