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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex

There is NULL pointer issue observed if from Process A where hid device
being added which results in adding a led_cdev addition and later a
another call to access of led_cdev attribute from Process B can result
in NULL pointer issue.

Use mutex led_cdev->led_access to protect access to led->cdev and its
attribute inside brightness_show() and max_brightness_show() and also
update the comment for mutex that it should be used to protect the led
class device fields.

Process A 				Process B

kthread+0x114
worker_thread+0x244
process_scheduled_works+0x248
uhid_device_add_worker+0x24
hid_add_device+0x120
device_add+0x268
bus_probe_device+0x94
device_initial_probe+0x14
__device_attach+0xfc
bus_for_each_drv+0x10c
__device_attach_driver+0x14c
driver_probe_device+0x3c
__driver_probe_device+0xa0
really_probe+0x190
hid_device_probe+0x130
ps_probe+0x990
ps_led_register+0x94
devm_led_classdev_register_ext+0x58
led_classdev_register_ext+0x1f8
device_create_with_groups+0x48
device_create_groups_vargs+0xc8
device_add+0x244
kobject_uevent+0x14
kobject_uevent_env[jt]+0x224
mutex_unlock[jt]+0xc4
__mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xd4
wake_up_q+0x70
try_to_wake_up[jt]+0x48c
preempt_schedule_common+0x28
__schedule+0x628
__switch_to+0x174
el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
el0_svc+0x38/0x68
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0
invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
__arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c
ksys_read+0x78/0xe8
vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8
kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4
seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54
sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130
dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74
brightness_show+0x20/0x4c
dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74

[ 3313.874295][ T4013] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000060
[ 3313.874301][ T4013] Mem abort info:
[ 3313.874303][ T4013] ESR = 0x0000000096000006
[ 3313.874305][ T4013] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 3313.874307][ T4013] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 3313.874309][ T4013] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 3313.874311][ T4013] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
[ 3313.874313][ T4013] Data abort info:
[ 3313.874314][ T4013] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 3313.874316][ T4013] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 3313.874318][ T4013] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 3313.874320][ T4013] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008f2b0a000
..

[ 3313.874332][ T4013] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[ 3313.874334][ T4013] (ftrace buffer empty)
..
..
[ dd3313.874639][ T4013] CPU: 6 PID: 4013 Comm: InputReader
[ 3313.874648][ T4013] pc : dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74
[ 3313.874653][ T4013] lr : led_update_brightness+0x38/0x60
[ 3313.874656][ T4013] sp : ffffffc0b910bbd0
..
..
[ 3313.874685][ T4013] Call trace:
[ 3313.874687][ T4013] dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74
[ 3313.874690][ T4013] brightness_show+0x20/0x4c
[ 3313.874692][ T4013] dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74
[ 3313.874696][ T4013] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130
[ 3313.874700][ T4013] kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54
[ 3313.874703][ T4013] seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
[ 3313.874705][ T4013] kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4
[ 3313.874708][ T4013] vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8
[ 3313.874711][ T4013] ksys_read+0x78/0xe8
[ 3313.874714][ T4013] __arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c
[ 3313.874718][ T4013] invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
[ 3313.874721][ T4013] el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0
[ 3313.874724][ T4013] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 3313.874727][ T4013] el0_svc+0x38/0x68
[ 3313.874730][ T4013] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
[ 3313.874732][ T4013] el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-56587

GHSA ID

GHSA-68vm-3r5x-qq59

Source code

No known source code

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