Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: ca8210: fix cas_ctl leak on spi_async failure ca8210_spi_transfer() allocates cas_ctl with kzalloc_obj(GFP_ATOMIC) and relies entirely on the SPI completion callback ca8210_spi_transfer_complete() to free it. The spi_async() API only invokes the completion callback on successful submission. On failure it returns a negative error code without ever queuing the callback, which leaves cas_ctl and its embedded spi_message and spi_transfer orphaned. Every kfree(cas_ctl) in the driver is inside the completion callback, so there is no other reclamation path. ca8210_spi_transfer() is called from ca8210_spi_exchange(), the interrupt handler ca8210_interrupt_handler(), and from the retry path inside the completion callback itself. The exchange and interrupt handler paths loop on -EBUSY, so under sustained SPI bus contention every retry iteration leaks a fresh cas_ctl (~600 bytes per occurrence). Fix it by freeing cas_ctl on the spi_async() error path. While here, correct the misleading error string: the function calls spi_async(), not spi_sync().
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Linux Linux
Default version status: unaffected
ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < 460c5cd51e4d7d15b317f178f42cfcb666c0fe91affectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < b07aea90dbc6e188c74c100af64b77b9482ffc65affectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < fe90605b651573d30be8293ff5be40e3d7023117affectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < b9071dc7889bef42590e04fbf3e56cc65e1e5e6eaffectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < d4a397fe803c2d157f6ebb068b802ef75fbf109eaffectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < cb5cca1d2a908ddd5e357971de0f2009617b8d6aaffectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < 7e3630fbb6aabb844bbf35746dee0bf3894100c7affectedded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 to < e09390e439bd7cca30dd10893b1f64802961667aaffected
Linux Linux
Default version status: affected
4.12affected0 to < 4.12unaffected5.10.261 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected7.2 to ≤ *unaffected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460c5cd51e4d7d15b317f178f42cfcb666c0fe91 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b07aea90dbc6e188c74c100af64b77b9482ffc65 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe90605b651573d30be8293ff5be40e3d7023117 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9071dc7889bef42590e04fbf3e56cc65e1e5e6e ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a397fe803c2d157f6ebb068b802ef75fbf109e ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5cca1d2a908ddd5e357971de0f2009617b8d6a ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e3630fbb6aabb844bbf35746dee0bf3894100c7 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09390e439bd7cca30dd10893b1f64802961667a ↗