CVE-2024-35790

usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver's default device attribute group

published May 17, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver's default device attribute group

The DisplayPort driver's sysfs nodes may be present to the userspace before

typec_altmode_set_drvdata() completes in dp_altmode_probe. This means that

a sysfs read can trigger a NULL pointer error by deferencing dp->hpd in

hpd_show or dp->lock in pin_assignment_show, as dev_get_drvdata() returns

NULL in those cases.

Remove manual sysfs node creation in favor of adding attribute group as

default for devices bound to the driver. The ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro is

not used here otherwise the path to the sysfs nodes is no longer compliant

with the ABI.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00228 · 12.8th percentile
Published
2024-05-17T12:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 12:24Z
    usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver's default device attribute group
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