CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-58093

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel PCI/ASPM subsystem, a use-after-free vulnerability occurs during PCIe switch function removal. The ASPM link state is freed either too early (on any function removal) or too late (after last function removal), causing memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces system crashes (GPFs) especially during hot-unplug of PCIe devices, potentially leading to service disruption and data loss.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit resolving the issue). Monitor system logs for GPF errors.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/ASPM: Fix link state exit during switch upstream function removal Before 456d8aa37d0f ("PCI/ASPM: Disable ASPM on MFD function removal to avoid use-after-free"), we would free the ASPM link only after the last function on the bus pertaining to the given link was removed. That was too late. If function 0 is removed before sibling function, link->downstream would point to free'd memory after. After above change, we freed the ASPM parent link state upon any function removal on the bus pertaining to a given link. That is too early. If the link is to a PCIe switch with MFD on the upstream port, then removing functions other than 0 first would free a link which still remains parent_link to the remaining downstream ports. The resulting GPFs are especially frequent during hot-unplug, because pciehp removes devices on the link bus in reverse order. On that switch, function 0 is the virtual P2P bridge to the internal bus. Free exactly when function 0 is removed -- before the parent link is obsolete, but after all subordinate links are gone. [kwilczynski: commit log]

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