Assigner: | Linux |
Reserved: | 2024-06-24 |
Published: | 2024-06-24 |
Updated: | 2024-06-24 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if the parent device does not have a driver. To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner. Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga bridge. Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from __fpga_bridge_get() to fpga_bridge_get() and of_fpga_bridge_get() to improve code clarity since the bridge device is taken in these functions.
Product status
21aeda950c5f before d7c4081c54a1
21aeda950c5f before 6896b6b2e2d9
21aeda950c5f before 1da11f822042
4.10
Any version before 4.10
6.6.33
6.9.4
6.10-rc1
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7c4081c54a1d4068de9440957303a76f9e5c95b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6896b6b2e2d9ec4e1b0acb4c1698a75a4b34d125
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da11f822042eb6ef4b6064dc048f157a7852529