CVE-2024-36479

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36479
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36479.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-36479
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-06-24T13:56:51.367Z
Modified
2026-03-23T05:10:44.480760706Z
Summary
fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount
Details

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

fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount

The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if the parent device does not have a driver.

To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner.

Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga bridge.

Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from _fpgabridgeget() to fpgabridgeget() and offpgabridgeget() to improve code clarity since the bridge device is taken in these functions.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36479.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
21aeda950c5f84a8351b862816d832120b217a9b
Fixed
18dc8366abb6cadcb77668b1a16434654e355d49
Fixed
d7c4081c54a1d4068de9440957303a76f9e5c95b
Fixed
6896b6b2e2d9ec4e1b0acb4c1698a75a4b34d125
Fixed
1da11f822042eb6ef4b6064dc048f157a7852529

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36479.json"