CVE-2024-50195

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-clock: Fix missing timespec64 check in pc_clock_settime() As Andrew pointed out, it will make sense that the PTP core checked timespec64 struct's tv_sec and tv_nsec range before calling ptp->info->settime64(). As the man manual of clock_settime() said, if tp.tv_sec is negative or tp.tv_nsec is outside the range [0..999,999,999], it should return EINVAL, which include dynamic clocks which handles PTP clock, and the condition is consistent with timespec64_valid(). As Thomas suggested, timespec64_valid() only check the timespec is valid, but not ensure that the time is in a valid range, so check it ahead using timespec64_valid_strict() in pc_clock_settime() and return -EINVAL if not valid. There are some drivers that use tp->tv_sec and tp->tv_nsec directly to write registers without validity checks and assume that the higher layer has checked it, which is dangerous and will benefit from this, such as hclge_ptp_settime(), igb_ptp_settime_i210(), _rcar_gen4_ptp_settime(), and some drivers can remove the checks of itself.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 8, 2024
First seenNov 8, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-754CWE-754

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.39 ≤ v < 4.19.323, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.285, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.228, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.169, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.114, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.58, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.11.5, 6.124.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5

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