CVE-2024-37021

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37021
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-37021.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-37021
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-06-24T13:56:52.091Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:34:39.702738Z
Summary
fpga: manager: add owner module and take its refcount
Details

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

fpga: manager: add owner module and take its refcount

The current implementation of the fpga manager 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 manager if the parent device does not have a driver.

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

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

Other changes: opportunistically move putdevice() from _fpgamgrget() to fpgamgrget() and offpgamgr_get() to improve code clarity since the manager device is taken in these functions.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/37xxx/CVE-2024-37021.json"
}
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
654ba4cc0f3ed7c0f08bfb39f66059d8c42943ee
Fixed
304f8032d601d4f9322ca841cd0b573bd1beb158
Fixed
2da62a139a6221a345db4eb9f4f1c4b0937c89ad
Fixed
62ac496a01c9337a11362cea427038ba621ca9eb
Fixed
4d4d2d4346857bf778fafaa97d6f76bb1663e3c9

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.4.0
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