In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: ibmvfc: Remove BUG_ON in the case of an empty event pool
In practice the driver should never send more commands than are allocated
to a queue's event pool. In the unlikely event that this happens, the code
asserts a BUG_ON, and in the case that the kernel is not configured to
crash on panic returns a junk event pointer from the empty event list
causing things to spiral from there. This BUG_ON is a historical artifact
of the ibmvfc driver first being upstreamed, and it is well known now that
the use of BUG_ON is bad practice except in the most unrecoverable
scenario. There is nothing about this scenario that prevents the driver
from recovering and carrying on.
Remove the BUG_ON in question from ibmvfc_get_event() and return a NULL
pointer in the case of an empty event pool. Update all call sites to
ibmvfc_get_event() to check for a NULL pointer and perfrom the appropriate
failure or recovery action.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
02 Apr 2025, 15:00
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88984ec4792766df5a9de7a2ff2b5f281f94c7d4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bbe784c2ff28d56ca0c548aaf3e584edc77052d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b39f2d10b86d0af353ea339e5815820026bca48f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2af4ef80601224b90630c1ddc7cd2c7c8ab4dd8 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1d1f79b1929dce470a5dc9281c574cd58e8c6c0 - Patch |
Information
Published : 2024-05-21 16:15
Updated : 2025-04-02 15:00
NVD link : CVE-2023-52811
Mitre link : CVE-2023-52811
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-52811
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference