CVE-2024-36479

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36479
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36479.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-36479
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-06-24T13:56:51.367Z
Modified
2026-05-28T03:55:15.502707452Z
Summary
fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount

The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if the parent device does not have a driver.

To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner.

Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga bridge.

Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from _fpgabridgeget() to fpgabridgeget() and offpgabridgeget() to improve code clarity since the bridge device is taken in these functions.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36479.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
21aeda950c5f84a8351b862816d832120b217a9b
Fixed
18dc8366abb6cadcb77668b1a16434654e355d49
Fixed
d7c4081c54a1d4068de9440957303a76f9e5c95b
Fixed
6896b6b2e2d9ec4e1b0acb4c1698a75a4b34d125
Fixed
1da11f822042eb6ef4b6064dc048f157a7852529

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36479.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.10.0
Fixed
6.1.120
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.33
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.9.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-36479.json"