CVE-2024-56576

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

media: i2c: tc358743: Fix crash in the probe error path when using polling

If an error occurs in the probe() function, we should remove the polling timer that was alarmed earlier, otherwise the timer is called with arguments that are already freed, which results in a crash.

————[ cut here ]———— WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 0 at kernel/time/timer.c:1830 __run_timers+0x244/0x268 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not tainted 6.11.0 #226 Hardware name: Diasom DS-RK3568-SOM-EVB (DT) pstate: 804000c9 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=–) pc : __run_timers+0x244/0x268 lr : __run_timers+0x1d4/0x268 sp : ffffff80eff2baf0 x29: ffffff80eff2bb50 x28: 7fffffffffffffff x27: ffffff80eff2bb00 x26: ffffffc080f669c0 x25: ffffff80efef6bf0 x24: ffffff80eff2bb00 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: dead000000000122 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffff80efef6b80 x19: ffffff80041c8bf8 x18: ffffffffffffffff x17: ffffffc06f146000 x16: ffffff80eff27dc0 x15: 000000000000003e x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000000054da x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 00000000000639c0 x10: 000000000000000c x9 : 0000000000000009 x8 : ffffff80eff2cb40 x7 : ffffff80eff2cb40 x6 : ffffff8002bee480 x5 : ffffffc080cb2220 x4 : ffffffc080cb2150 x3 : 00000000000f4240 x2 : 0000000000000102 x1 : ffffff80eff2bb00 x0 : ffffff80041c8bf0 Call trace:  __run_timers+0x244/0x268  timer_expire_remote+0x50/0x68  tmigr_handle_remote+0x388/0x39c  run_timer_softirq+0x38/0x44  handle_softirqs+0x138/0x298  __do_softirq+0x14/0x20  ____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c  call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x4c  do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x2c  irq_exit_rcu+0x9c/0xcc  el1_interrupt+0x48/0xc0  el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24  el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80  default_idle_call+0x34/0x68  do_idle+0x23c/0x294  cpu_startup_entry+0x38/0x3c  secondary_start_kernel+0x128/0x160  __secondary_switched+0xb8/0xbc —[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]—

Weakness

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Software

Extended Description

A race condition occurs within concurrent environments, and it is effectively a property of a code sequence. Depending on the context, a code sequence may be in the form of a function call, a small number of instructions, a series of program invocations, etc. A race condition violates these properties, which are closely related:

A race condition exists when an “interfering code sequence” can still access the shared resource, violating exclusivity. The interfering code sequence could be “trusted” or “untrusted.” A trusted interfering code sequence occurs within the product; it cannot be modified by the attacker, and it can only be invoked indirectly. An untrusted interfering code sequence can be authored directly by the attacker, and typically it is external to the vulnerable product.

Potential Mitigations

• Minimize the usage of shared resources in order to remove as much complexity as possible from the control flow and to reduce the likelihood of unexpected conditions occurring.
• Additionally, this will minimize the amount of synchronization necessary and may even help to reduce the likelihood of a denial of service where an attacker may be able to repeatedly trigger a critical section (CWE-400).

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/26.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/29.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13193a97ddd5a6a5b11408ddbc1ae85588b1860c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1def915b1564f4375330bd113ea1d768a569cfd8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a3466a92f50c51d984f0ec2e96864886d460eb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9ab34c87af718bdbf9faa2b1a6ba41d15380ea
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/815d14147068347e88c258233eb951b41b2792a6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/869f38ae07f7df829da4951c3d1f7a2be09c2e9a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b59ab89bc83f7bff67f78c6caf484a84a6dd30f7
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html