CVE-2020-36787

media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2024 at 08:13 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine reset 10ms delay Enable vclk It introduces improper reset on the Video Engine hardware and eventually the hardware generates unexpected DMA memory transfers that can corrupt memory region in random and sporadic patterns. This issue is observed very rarely on some specific AST2500 SoCs but it causes a critical kernel panic with making a various shape of signature so it's extremely hard to debug. Moreover, the issue is observed even when the video engine is not actively used because udevd turns on the video engine hardware for a short time to make a query in every boot. To fix this issue, this commit changes the clock handling logic to make the reset de-assertion triggered after enabling both eclk and vclk. Also, it adds clk_unprepare call for a case when probe fails. clk: ast2600: fix reset settings for eclk and vclk Video engine reset setting should be coupled with eclk to match it with the setting for previous Aspeed SoCs which is defined in clk-aspeed.c since all Aspeed SoCs are sharing a single video engine driver. Also, reset bit 6 is defined as 'Video Engine' reset in datasheet so it should be de-asserted when eclk is enabled. This commit fixes the setting.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.375.0 ≤ v < 5.11.215.0 ≤ v < 5.12.45.0 ≤ v < 5.135.0 ≤ v < 5.4.1195.11 ≤ v < 5.11.215.12 ≤ v < 5.12.45.5 ≤ v < 5.10.375.0d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488
Vendor states this is fixed in 1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.37 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.119 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc1d30ac101bb8335d9852de2107af60c2580e7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2964c37563e86cfdc439f217eb3c5a69adfdba6a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3536169f8531c2c5b153921dc7d1ac9fd570cda7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75321dc8aebe3f30eff226028fe6da340fe0bf02
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d01384c80a8a4392665802df57c3df20055f5

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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