CVE: CVE-2024-26738
Published: 2024-04-03
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/pseries/iommu: DLPAR add doesn't completely initialize pci_controller

When a PCI device is dynamically added, the kernel oopses with a NULL
pointer dereference:

  BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000030
  Faulting instruction address: 0xc[PII_REDACTED]bbe5c
  Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
  LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
  Modules linked in: rpadlpar_io rpaphp rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs xsk_diag bonding nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink rfkill binfmt_misc dm_multipath rpcrdma sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_srpt ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ib_umad ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_ipoib rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core pseries_rng drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks xfs libcrc32c mlx5_core mlxfw sd_mod t10_pi sg tls ibmvscsi ibmveth scsi_transport_srp vmx_crypto pseries_wdt psample dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
  CPU: 17 PID: 2685 Comm: drmgr Not tainted 6.7.0-203405+ #66
  Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1060.00 (NH1060_008) hv:phyp pSeries
  NIP:  c[PII_REDACTED]bbe5c LR: c000000000a13e68 CTR: c[PII_REDACTED]579f8
  REGS: c[PII_REDACTED]4f240 TRAP: 0300   Not tainted  (6.7.0-203405+)
  MSR:  [PII_REDACTED] <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE>  CR: 24002220  XER: 20040006
  CFAR: c000000000a13e64 DAR: [PII_REDACTED] DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0
  ...
  NIP sysfs_add_link_to_group+0x34/0x94
  LR  iommu_device_link+0x5c/0x118
  Call Trace:
   iommu_init_device+0x26c/0x318 (unreliable)
   iommu_device_link+0x5c/0x118
   iommu_init_device+0xa8/0x318
   iommu_probe_device+0xc0/0x134
   iommu_bus_notifier+0x44/0x104
   notifier_call_chain+0xb8/0x19c
   blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0x98
   bus_notify+0x50/0x7c
   device_add+0x640/0x918
   pci_device_add+0x23c/0x298
   of_create_pci_dev+0x400/0x884
   of_scan_pci_dev+0x124/0x1b0
   __of_scan_bus+0x78/0x18c
   pcibios_scan_phb+0x2a4/0x3b0
   init_phb_dynamic+0xb8/0x110
   dlpar_add_slot+0x170/0x3b8 [rpadlpar_io]
   add_slot_store.part.0+0xb4/0x130 [rpadlpar_io]
   kobj_attr_store+0x2c/0x48
   sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0x78
   kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1b0/0x290
   vfs_write+0x350/0x4a0
   ksys_write+0x84/0x140
   system_call_exception+0x124/0x330
   system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

Commit a940904443e4 ("powerpc/iommu: Add iommu_ops to report capabilities
and allow blocking domains") broke DLPAR add of PCI devices.

The above added iommu_device structure to pci_controller. During
system boot, PCI devices are discovered and this newly added iommu_device
structure is initialized by a call to iommu_device_register().

During DLPAR add of a PCI device, a new pci_controller structure is
allocated but there are no calls made to iommu_device_register()
interface.

Fix is to register the iommu device during DLPAR add as well.
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CWE: CWE-476
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e36ebd5e00a148b67ed77c1d31675996f77c25; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c57fd2e9bd1c8ea8613a8f94fd0be5eccbf321; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8315b2e25b4e68e42fcb74630f824b9a5067765