CVE-2023-52765

mfd: qcom-spmi-pmic: Fix revid implementation

MEDIUM
6.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2024 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM6.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: qcom-spmi-pmic: Fix revid implementation The Qualcomm SPMI PMIC revid implementation is broken in multiple ways. First, it assumes that just because the sibling base device has been registered that means that it is also bound to a driver, which may not be the case (e.g. due to probe deferral or asynchronous probe). This could trigger a NULL-pointer dereference when attempting to access the driver data of the unbound device. Second, it accesses driver data of a sibling device directly and without any locking, which means that the driver data may be freed while it is being accessed (e.g. on driver unbind). Third, it leaks a struct device reference to the sibling device which is looked up using the spmi_device_from_of() every time a function (child) device is calling the revid function (e.g. on probe). Fix this mess by reimplementing the revid lookup so that it is done only at probe of the PMIC device; the base device fetches the revid info from the hardware, while any secondary SPMI device fetches the information from the base device and caches it so that it can be accessed safely from its children. If the base device has not been probed yet then probe of a secondary device is deferred.

Affected

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

6.0 ≤ v < 6.1.646.0 ≤ v < 6.5.136.0 ≤ v < 6.6.36.0 ≤ v < 6.76.2 ≤ v < 6.5.136.6 ≤ v < 6.6.36.0e9c11c6e3a0ee9c11c6e3a0e93903f5a13f8d2f97ae1bba512e1
Vendor states this is fixed in 4ce77b023d42a9f1062eecf438df1af4b4072eb2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7b439aaa62fee474a0d84d67a25f4984467e7b95 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in affae18838db5e6b463ee30c821385695af56dc2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in db98de0809f12b0edb9cd1be78e1ec1bfeba8f40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.64 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce77b023d42a9f1062eecf438df1af4b4072eb2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b439aaa62fee474a0d84d67a25f4984467e7b95
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affae18838db5e6b463ee30c821385695af56dc2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db98de0809f12b0edb9cd1be78e1ec1bfeba8f40

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.2MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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