CVE-2023-52505
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: lynx-28g: serialize concurrent phy_set_mode_ext() calls to shared registers The protocol converter configuration registers PCC8, PCCC, PCCD (implemented by the driver), as well as…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: lynx-28g: serialize concurrent phy_set_mode_ext() calls to shared registers The protocol converter configuration registers PCC8, PCCC, PCCD (implemented by the driver), as well as others, control protocol converters from multiple lanes (each represented as a different struct phy). So, if there are simultaneous calls to phy_set_mode_ext() to lanes sharing the same PCC register (either for the "old" or for the "new" protocol), corruption of the values programmed to hardware is possible, because lynx_28g_rmw() has no locking. Add a spinlock in the struct lynx_28g_priv shared by all lanes, and take the global spinlock from the phy_ops :: set_mode() implementation. There are no other callers which modify PCC registers.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139ad1143151a07be93bf741d4ea7c89e59f89cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f901f8448c6b25ed843796b114471d2a3fc5dfbPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d7c79898b427d263c64a4841987eec131f2d4ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139ad1143151a07be93bf741d4ea7c89e59f89cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f901f8448c6b25ed843796b114471d2a3fc5dfbPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d7c79898b427d263c64a4841987eec131f2d4ePatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.