CVE-2024-46691

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.10.8 - NULL Pointer Dereference in UCSI Glink Communication

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Move unregister out of atomic section Commit '9329933699b3 ("soc: qcom: pmic_glink: Make client-lock non-sleeping")' moved the pmic_glink client list under a spinlock, as it is accessed by the rpmsg/glink callback, which in turn is invoked from IRQ context. This means that ucsi_unregister() is now called from atomic context, which isn't feasible as it's expecting a sleepable context. An effort is under way to get GLINK to invoke its callbacks in a sleepable context, but until then lets schedule the unregistration. A side effect of this is that ucsi_unregister() can now happen after the remote processor, and thereby the communication link with it, is gone. pmic_glink_send() is amended with a check to avoid the resulting NULL pointer dereference. This does however result in the user being informed about this error by the following entry in the kernel log: ucsi_glink.pmic_glink_ucsi pmic_glink.ucsi.0: failed to send UCSI write request: -5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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-476
Status published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.10.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10.8 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.6.130 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.33 - 6.6.130
Linux/Linux 6.8.12 - 6.9
Linux/Linux 6.9.3 - 6.10
Linux/Linux 8d62ab7d89a4906385ea8c11a4b2475578bec0f0
... and 6 more
Published Sep 13, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026