CVE-2024-44951

serial: sc16is7xx: fix TX fifo corruption

CVE-2024-44951 is fixed in 22 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44951, released September 4, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
11th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: sc16is7xx: fix TX fifo corruption Sometimes, when a packet is received on channel A at almost the same time as a packet is about to be transmitted on channel B, we observe with a logic analyzer that the received packet on channel A is transmitted on channel B. In other words, the Tx buffer data on channel B is corrupted with data from channel A. The problem appeared since commit 4409df5866b7 ("serial: sc16is7xx: change EFR lock to operate on each channels"), which changed the EFR locking to operate on each channel instead of chip-wise. This commit has introduced a regression, because the EFR lock is used not only to protect the EFR registers access, but also, in a very obscure and undocumented way, to protect access to the data buffer, which is shared by the Tx and Rx handlers, but also by each channel of the IC. Fix this regression first by switching to kfifo_out_linear_ptr() in sc16is7xx_handle_tx() to eliminate the need for a shared Rx/Tx buffer. Secondly, replace the chip-wise Rx buffer with a separate Rx buffer for each channel.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1 Oct 8, 2024
kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1 Oct 9, 2024
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.10.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44951 Sep 4, 2024
linux · Debian 14 6.10.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44951 Sep 4, 2024

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