CVE-2024-40963

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-07-12

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmips: bmips: BCM6358: make sure CBR is correctly set\nIt was discovered that some device have CBR address set to 0 causing\nkernel panic when arch_sync_dma_for_cpu_all is called.\nThis was notice in situation where the system is booted from TP1 and\nBMIPS_GET_CBR() returns 0 instead of a valid address and\n!!(read_c0_brcm_cmt_local() & (1 << 31)); not failing.\nThe current check whether RAC flush should be disabled or not are not\nenough hence lets check if CBR is a valid address or not.

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CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.4	CVSS Vector:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12610	2024-09-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12612	2024-09-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12610	2024-09-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12618	2024-09-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12612	2024-09-11
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12618	2024-09-12