Bug 2334430 (CVE-2024-56562)
| Summary: | CVE-2024-56562 kernel: i3c: master: Fix miss free init_dyn_addr at i3c_master_put_i3c_addrs() | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A vulnerability was found in the i3c_master_put_i3c_addrs() function in the Linux kernel's i3c driver. A memory management issue can occur due to a copy-paste error between "dyn_addr" and "init_dyn_addr", which leads to incorrect handling of memory, potentially causing resource mismanagement and instability within the system.
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Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122713-CVE-2024-56562-9fd5@gregkh/T This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966 |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: master: Fix miss free init_dyn_addr at i3c_master_put_i3c_addrs() if (dev->boardinfo && dev->boardinfo->init_dyn_addr) ^^^ here check "init_dyn_addr" i3c_bus_set_addr_slot_status(&master->bus, dev->info.dyn_addr, ...) ^^^^ free "dyn_addr" Fix copy/paste error "dyn_addr" by replacing it with "init_dyn_addr".