CVE-2021-47413

usb: chipidea: ci_hdrc_imx: Also search for 'phys' phandle

published May 21, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

usb: chipidea: ci_hdrc_imx: Also search for 'phys' phandle

When passing 'phys' in the devicetree to describe the USB PHY phandle

(which is the recommended way according to

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ci-hdrc-usb2.txt) the

following NULL pointer dereference is observed on i.MX7 and i.MX8MM:

[ 1.489344] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098

[ 1.498170] Mem abort info:

[ 1.500966] ESR = 0x96000044

[ 1.504030] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits

[ 1.509356] SET = 0, FnV = 0

[ 1.512416] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0

[ 1.515569] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault

[ 1.520458] Data abort info:

[ 1.523349] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044

[ 1.527196] CM = 0, WnR = 1

[ 1.530176] [0000000000000098] user address but active_mm is swapper

[ 1.536544] Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

[ 1.542125] Modules linked in:

[ 1.545190] CPU: 3 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted 5.14.0-dirty #3

[ 1.551901] Hardware name: Kontron i.MX8MM N801X S (DT)

[ 1.557133] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func

[ 1.562984] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)

[ 1.568998] pc : imx7d_charger_detection+0x3f0/0x510

[ 1.573973] lr : imx7d_charger_detection+0x22c/0x510

This happens because the charger functions check for the phy presence

inside the imx_usbmisc_data structure (data->usb_phy), but the chipidea

core populates the usb_phy passed via 'phys' inside 'struct ci_hdrc'

(ci->usb_phy) instead.

This causes the NULL pointer dereference inside imx7d_charger_detection().

Fix it by also searching for 'phys' in case 'fsl,usbphy' is not found.

Tested on a imx7s-warp board.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00222 · 12.2th percentile
Published
2024-05-21T15:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 15:04Z
    usb: chipidea: ci_hdrc_imx: Also search for 'phys' phandle
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