CVE-2020-36787

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.0-5.4.118 - Memory Corruption via Improper Video Engine Clock Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine reset 10ms delay Enable vclk It introduces improper reset on the Video Engine hardware and eventually the hardware generates unexpected DMA memory transfers that can corrupt memory region in random and sporadic patterns. This issue is observed very rarely on some specific AST2500 SoCs but it causes a critical kernel panic with making a various shape of signature so it's extremely hard to debug. Moreover, the issue is observed even when the video engine is not actively used because udevd turns on the video engine hardware for a short time to make a query in every boot. To fix this issue, this commit changes the clock handling logic to make the reset de-assertion triggered after enabling both eclk and vclk. Also, it adds clk_unprepare call for a case when probe fails. clk: ast2600: fix reset settings for eclk and vclk Video engine reset setting should be coupled with eclk to match it with the setting for previous Aspeed SoCs which is defined in clk-aspeed.c since all Aspeed SoCs are sharing a single video engine driver. Also, reset bit 6 is defined as 'Video Engine' reset in datasheet so it should be de-asserted when eclk is enabled. This commit fixes the setting.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.10.37 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.21 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.4 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.4.119 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488 - 1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7
Linux/Linux d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488 - 2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a
Linux/Linux d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488 - 3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7
... and 3 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026