CVE-2024-44953

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: ufs: core: Fix deadlock during RTC update

There is a deadlock when runtime suspend waits for the flush of RTC work, and the RTC work calls ufshcd_rpm_get_sync() to wait for runtime resume.

Here is deadlock backtrace:

kworker/0:1 D 4892.876354 10 10971 4859 0x4208060 0x8 10 0 120 670730152367 ptr f0ffff80c2e40000 0 1 0x00000001 0x000000ff 0x000000ff 0x000000ff __switch_to+0x1a8/0x2d4 __schedule+0x684/0xa98 schedule+0x48/0xc8 schedule_timeout+0x48/0x170 do_wait_for_common+0x108/0x1b0 wait_for_completion+0x44/0x60 __flush_work+0x39c/0x424 __cancel_work_sync+0xd8/0x208 cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x14/0x28 __ufshcd_wl_suspend+0x19c/0x480 ufshcd_wl_runtime_suspend+0x3c/0x1d4 scsi_runtime_suspend+0x78/0xc8 __rpm_callback+0x94/0x3e0 rpm_suspend+0x2d4/0x65c __pm_runtime_suspend+0x80/0x114 scsi_runtime_idle+0x38/0x6c rpm_idle+0x264/0x338 __pm_runtime_idle+0x80/0x110 ufshcd_rtc_work+0x128/0x1e4 process_one_work+0x26c/0x650 worker_thread+0x260/0x3d8 kthread+0x110/0x134 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Skip updating RTC if RPM state is not RPM_ACTIVE.

Weakness

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Locking is a type of synchronization behavior that ensures that multiple independently-operating processes or threads do not interfere with each other when accessing the same resource. All processes/threads are expected to follow the same steps for locking. If these steps are not followed precisely - or if no locking is done at all - then another process/thread could modify the shared resource in a way that is not visible or predictable to the original process. This can lead to data or memory corruption, denial of service, etc.

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/25.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/27.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3911af778f208e5f49d43ce739332b91e26bc48e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13f1858a28c68b7fc0d72c2008d5c1f80d2e8d5