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net: arcnet: com20020: Fix null-ptr-deref in com20020pci_probe()

Published Aug 22, 2024

Description

During driver initialization, the pointer of card info, i.e. the variable 'ci' is required. However, the definition of 'com20020pci_id_table' reveals that this field is empty for some devices, which will cause null pointer dereference when initializing these devices.

The following log reveals it:

[ 3.973806] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000028-0x000000000000002f] [ 3.973819] RIP: 0010:com20020pci_probe+0x18d/0x13e0 [com20020_pci] [ 3.975181] Call Trace: [ 3.976208] local_pci_probe+0x13f/0x210 [ 3.977248] pci_device_probe+0x34c/0x6d0 [ 3.977255] ? pci_uevent+0x470/0x470 [ 3.978265] really_probe+0x24c/0x8d0 [ 3.978273] __driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x280 [ 3.979288] driver_probe_device+0x50/0x370

Fix this by checking whether the 'ci' is a null pointer first.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not impacted by this CVE, as the vulnerability in question does not affect the specific versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions. This ensures that users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not exposed to the potential risks associated with this issue, and no further action or mitigation is necessary for systems running this operating system.

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Aug 22, 2024
Updated May 11, 2026
Reserved Aug 21, 2024
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Sep 10, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 22, 2024
ENISA EUVD
Assigner Linux
Published Aug 22, 2024
Updated May 11, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2022-53787