CVE-2024-46853

HIGH
Published Sep 27, 2024 Modified May 5, 2026 CWE-787

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: nxp-fspi: fix the KASAN report out-of-bounds bug Change the memcpy length to fix the out-of-bounds issue when writing the data that is not 4 byte aligned to TX FIFO. To reproduce the issue, write 3 bytes data to NOR chip. dd if=3b of=/dev/mtd0 [ 36.926103] ================================================================== [ 36.933409] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nxp_fspi_exec_op+0x26ec/0x2838 [ 36.940514] Read of size 4 at addr ffff00081037c2a0 by task dd/455 [ 36.946721] [ 36.948235] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 455 Comm: dd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5-gc7b0e37c8434 #1070 [ 36.956185] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QM MEK (DT) [ 36.961260] Call trace: [ 36.963723] dump_backtrace+0x90/0xe8 [ 36.967414] show_stack+0x18/0x24 [ 36.970749] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 [ 36.974451] print_report+0x114/0x5cc [ 36.978151] kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0 [ 36.981670] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x1c/0x28 [ 36.986587] nxp_fspi_exec_op+0x26ec/0x2838 [ 36.990800] spi_mem_exec_op+0x8ec/0xd30 [ 36.994762] spi_mem_no_dirmap_read+0x190/0x1e0 [ 36.999323] spi_mem_dirmap_write+0x238/0x32c [ 37.003710] spi_nor_write_data+0x220/0x374 [ 37.007932] spi_nor_write+0x110/0x2e8 [ 37.011711] mtd_write_oob_std+0x154/0x1f0 [ 37.015838] mtd_write_oob+0x104/0x1d0 [ 37.019617] mtd_write+0xb8/0x12c [ 37.022953] mtdchar_write+0x224/0x47c [ 37.026732] vfs_write+0x1e4/0x8c8 [ 37.030163] ksys_write+0xec/0x1d0 [ 37.033586] __arm64_sys_write+0x6c/0x9c [ 37.037539] invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258 [ 37.041327] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c [ 37.046244] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c [ 37.049589] el0_svc+0x38/0x78 [ 37.052681] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 37.057077] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 37.060775] [ 37.062274] Allocated by task 455: [ 37.065701] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54 [ 37.069570] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [ 37.073438] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x54 [ 37.077736] __kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xb8 [ 37.081515] __kmalloc_noprof+0x158/0x2f8 [ 37.085563] mtd_kmalloc_up_to+0x120/0x154 [ 37.089690] mtdchar_write+0x130/0x47c [ 37.093469] vfs_write+0x1e4/0x8c8 [ 37.096901] ksys_write+0xec/0x1d0 [ 37.100332] __arm64_sys_write+0x6c/0x9c [ 37.104287] invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258 [ 37.108064] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c [ 37.112972] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c [ 37.116319] el0_svc+0x38/0x78 [ 37.119401] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 37.123788] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 37.127474] [ 37.128977] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff00081037c2a0 [ 37.128977] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8 [ 37.141177] The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of [ 37.141177] allocated 3-byte region [ffff00081037c2a0, ffff00081037c2a3) [ 37.153465] [ 37.154971] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 37.160559] page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x89037c [ 37.168596] flags: 0xbfffe0000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff) [ 37.175149] page_type: 0xfdffffff(slab) [ 37.179021] raw: 0bfffe0000000000 ffff000800002500 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 [ 37.186788] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080800080 00000001fdffffff 0000000000000000 [ 37.194553] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 37.200144] [ 37.201647] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 37.206460] ffff00081037c180: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc [ 37.213701] ffff00081037c200: fa fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 03 fc fc fc 02 fc fc fc [ 37.220946] >ffff00081037c280: 06 fc fc fc 03 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.228186] ^ [ 37.232473] ffff00081037c300: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.239718] ffff00081037c380: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.246962] ============================================================== ---truncated---

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Affected Products

Vendor Product
debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-46853? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: nxp-fspi: fix the KASAN report out-of-bounds bug Change the memcpy length to fix the out-of-bounds issue when writing the data that is not 4 byte aligned to TX FIFO. To reproduce the issue, write 3 bytes data to NOR chip. dd if=3b of=/dev/mtd0 [ 36.926103] ================================================================== [ 36.933409] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nxp_fspi_exec_op+0x26ec/0x2838 [ 36.940514] Read of size 4 at addr ffff00081037c2a0 by task dd/455 [ 36.946721] [ 36.948235] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 455 Comm: dd Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5-gc7b0e37c8434 #1070 [ 36.956185] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QM MEK (DT) [ 36.961260] Call trace: [ 36.963723] dump_backtrace+0x90/0xe8 [ 36.967414] show_stack+0x18/0x24 [ 36.970749] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 [ 36.974451] print_report+0x114/0x5cc [ 36.978151] kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0 [ 36.981670] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x1c/0x28 [ 36.986587] nxp_fspi_exec_op+0x26ec/0x2838 [ 36.990800] spi_mem_exec_op+0x8ec/0xd30 [ 36.994762] spi_mem_no_dirmap_read+0x190/0x1e0 [ 36.999323] spi_mem_dirmap_write+0x238/0x32c [ 37.003710] spi_nor_write_data+0x220/0x374 [ 37.007932] spi_nor_write+0x110/0x2e8 [ 37.011711] mtd_write_oob_std+0x154/0x1f0 [ 37.015838] mtd_write_oob+0x104/0x1d0 [ 37.019617] mtd_write+0xb8/0x12c [ 37.022953] mtdchar_write+0x224/0x47c [ 37.026732] vfs_write+0x1e4/0x8c8 [ 37.030163] ksys_write+0xec/0x1d0 [ 37.033586] __arm64_sys_write+0x6c/0x9c [ 37.037539] invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258 [ 37.041327] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c [ 37.046244] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c [ 37.049589] el0_svc+0x38/0x78 [ 37.052681] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 37.057077] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 37.060775] [ 37.062274] Allocated by task 455: [ 37.065701] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54 [ 37.069570] kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c [ 37.073438] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x54 [ 37.077736] __kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xb8 [ 37.081515] __kmalloc_noprof+0x158/0x2f8 [ 37.085563] mtd_kmalloc_up_to+0x120/0x154 [ 37.089690] mtdchar_write+0x130/0x47c [ 37.093469] vfs_write+0x1e4/0x8c8 [ 37.096901] ksys_write+0xec/0x1d0 [ 37.100332] __arm64_sys_write+0x6c/0x9c [ 37.104287] invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258 [ 37.108064] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c [ 37.112972] do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c [ 37.116319] el0_svc+0x38/0x78 [ 37.119401] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 [ 37.123788] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 37.127474] [ 37.128977] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff00081037c2a0 [ 37.128977] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8 [ 37.141177] The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of [ 37.141177] allocated 3-byte region [ffff00081037c2a0, ffff00081037c2a3) [ 37.153465] [ 37.154971] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 37.160559] page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x89037c [ 37.168596] flags: 0xbfffe0000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff) [ 37.175149] page_type: 0xfdffffff(slab) [ 37.179021] raw: 0bfffe0000000000 ffff000800002500 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 [ 37.186788] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080800080 00000001fdffffff 0000000000000000 [ 37.194553] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 37.200144] [ 37.201647] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 37.206460] ffff00081037c180: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc [ 37.213701] ffff00081037c200: fa fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 03 fc fc fc 02 fc fc fc [ 37.220946] >ffff00081037c280: 06 fc fc fc 03 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.228186] ^ [ 37.232473] ffff00081037c300: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.239718] ffff00081037c380: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc [ 37.246962] ============================================================== ---truncated--- It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2024-46853? +
CVE-2024-46853 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.
What products are affected by CVE-2024-46853? +
CVE-2024-46853 affects products from debian, linux, specifically: debian_linux, linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-46853? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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