CVE-2022-48894
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Don't unregister on shutdown
Similar to SMMUv2, this driver calls iommu_device_unregister() from the shutdown path, which removes the IOMMU groups with no coordination whatsoever with their users - shutdown methods are optional in device drivers. This can lead to NULL pointer dereferences in those drivers' DMA API calls, or worse.
Instead of calling the full arm_smmu_device_remove() from arm_smmu_device_shutdown(), let's pick only the relevant function call - arm_smmu_device_disable() - more or less the reverse of arm_smmu_device_reset() - and call just that from the shutdown path.
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7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.1,<6.1.7
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.1
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