CVE-2023-52625

drm/amd/display: Refactor DMCUB enter/exit idle interface

published March 26, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

drm/amd/display: Refactor DMCUB enter/exit idle interface

[Why]

We can hang in place trying to send commands when the DMCUB isn't

powered on.

[How]

We need to exit out of the idle state prior to sending a command,

but the process that performs the exit also invokes a command itself.

Fixing this issue involves the following:

1. Using a software state to track whether or not we need to start

the process to exit idle or notify idle.

It's possible for the hardware to have exited an idle state without

driver knowledge, but entering one is always restricted to a driver

allow - which makes the SW state vs HW state mismatch issue purely one

of optimization, which should seldomly be hit, if at all.

2. Refactor any instances of exit/notify idle to use a single wrapper

that maintains this SW state.

This works simialr to dc_allow_idle_optimizations, but works at the

DMCUB level and makes sure the state is marked prior to any notify/exit

idle so we don't enter an infinite loop.

3. Make sure we exit out of idle prior to sending any commands or

waiting for DMCUB idle.

This patch takes care of 1/2. A future patch will take care of wrapping

DMCUB command submission with calls to this new interface.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00200 · 9.4th percentile
Published
2024-03-26T17:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAR 17:49Z
    drm/amd/display: Refactor DMCUB enter/exit idle interface
    cvelistv5