CVE-2023-52608

firmware: arm_scmi: Check mailbox/SMT channel for consistency

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 13, 2024 at 02:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Check mailbox/SMT channel for consistency On reception of a completion interrupt the shared memory area is accessed to retrieve the message header at first and then, if the message sequence number identifies a transaction which is still pending, the related payload is fetched too. When an SCMI command times out the channel ownership remains with the platform until eventually a late reply is received and, as a consequence, any further transmission attempt remains pending, waiting for the channel to be relinquished by the platform. Once that late reply is received the channel ownership is given back to the agent and any pending request is then allowed to proceed and overwrite the SMT area of the just delivered late reply; then the wait for the reply to the new request starts. It has been observed that the spurious IRQ related to the late reply can be wrongly associated with the freshly enqueued request: when that happens the SCMI stack in-flight lookup procedure is fooled by the fact that the message header now present in the SMT area is related to the new pending transaction, even though the real reply has still to arrive. This race-condition on the A2P channel can be detected by looking at the channel status bits: a genuine reply from the platform will have set the channel free bit before triggering the completion IRQ. Add a consistency check to validate such condition in the A2P ISR.

Affected

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

5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.765.7 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.7 ≤ v < 6.1.765.7 ≤ v < 6.6.155.7 ≤ v < 6.7.35.7 ≤ v < 6.86.2 ≤ v < 6.6.156.7 ≤ v < 6.7.35c8a47a5a91d4d6e185f758d61997613d9c5d6ac6.8 rc1
Vendor states this is fixed in 12dc4217f16551d6dee9cbefc23fdb5659558cda (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 437a310b22244d4e0b78665c3042e5d1c0f45306 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 614cc65032dcb0b64d23f5c5e338a8a04b12be5d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7f95f6997f4fdd17abec3200cae45420a5489350 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9b5e1b93c83ee5fc9f5d7bd2d45b421bd87774a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.76 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (5)

Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12dc4217f16551d6dee9cbefc23fdb5659558cda
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437a310b22244d4e0b78665c3042e5d1c0f45306
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614cc65032dcb0b64d23f5c5e338a8a04b12be5d
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f95f6997f4fdd17abec3200cae45420a5489350
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5e1b93c83ee5fc9f5d7bd2d45b421bd87774a2

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362

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