CVE-2023-52749

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.1.66 - Race Condition via SPI Suspend Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: Fix null dereference on suspend A race condition exists where a synchronous (noqueue) transfer can be active during a system suspend. This can cause a null pointer dereference exception to occur when the system resumes. Example order of events leading to the exception: 1. spi_sync() calls __spi_transfer_message_noqueue() which sets ctlr->cur_msg 2. Spi transfer begins via spi_transfer_one_message() 3. System is suspended interrupting the transfer context 4. System is resumed 6. spi_controller_resume() calls spi_start_queue() which resets cur_msg to NULL 7. Spi transfer context resumes and spi_finalize_current_message() is called which dereferences cur_msg (which is now NULL) Wait for synchronous transfers to complete before suspending by acquiring the bus mutex and setting/checking a suspend flag.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-362 CWE-476
Status published
Products (9)
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.66 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.3 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux ae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 - 4ec4508db97502a12daee88c74782e8d35ced068
Linux/Linux ae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 - 96474ea47dc67b0704392d59192b233c8197db0e
Linux/Linux ae7d2346dc89ae89a6e0aabe6037591a11e593c0 - bef4a48f4ef798c4feddf045d49e53c8a97d5e37
linux/linux_kernel < 6.1.66
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026