CVE-2024-46689

soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB

published September 13, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB

Linux does not write into cmd-db region. This region of memory is write

protected by XPU. XPU may sometime falsely detect clean cache eviction

as "write" into the write protected region leading to secure interrupt

which causes an endless loop somewhere in Trust Zone.

The only reason it is working right now is because Qualcomm Hypervisor

maps the same region as Non-Cacheable memory in Stage 2 translation

tables. The issue manifests if we want to use another hypervisor (like

Xen or KVM), which does not know anything about those specific mappings.

Changing the mapping of cmd-db memory from MEMREMAP_WB to MEMREMAP_WT/WC

removes dependency on correct mappings in Stage 2 tables. This patch

fixes the issue by updating the mapping to MEMREMAP_WC.

I tested this on SA8155P with Xen.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00253 · 15.8th percentile
Published
2024-09-13T05:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 05:29Z
    soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB
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