CVE-2023-52808

scsi: hisi_sas: Set debugfs_dir pointer to NULL after removing debugfs

Published May 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: hisi_sas: Set debugfs_dir pointer to NULL after removing debugfs

If init debugfs failed during device registration due to memory allocation
failure, debugfs_remove_recursive() is called, after which debugfs_dir is
not set to NULL. debugfs_remove_recursive() will be called again during
device removal. As a result, illegal pointer is accessed.

[ 1665.467244] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: failed to init debugfs!
...
[ 1669.836708] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0
[ 1669.872669] pc : down_write+0x24/0x70
[ 1669.876315] lr : down_write+0x1c/0x70
[ 1669.879961] sp : ffff000036f53a30
[ 1669.883260] x29: ffff000036f53a30 x28: ffffa027c31549f8
[ 1669.888547] x27: ffffa027c3140000 x26: 0000000000000000
[ 1669.893834] x25: ffffa027bf37c270 x24: ffffa027bf37c270
[ 1669.899122] x23: ffff0000095406b8 x22: ffff0000095406a8
[ 1669.904408] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffa027bf37c310
[ 1669.909695] x19: 00000000000000a0 x18: ffff8027dcd86f10
[ 1669.914982] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 1669.920268] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: ffffa0274014f870
[ 1669.925555] x13: 0000000000000040 x12: 0000000000000228
[ 1669.930842] x11: 0000000000000020 x10: 0000000000000bb0
[ 1669.936129] x9 : ffff000036f537f0 x8 : ffff80273088ca10
[ 1669.941416] x7 : 000000000000001d x6 : 00000000ffffffff
[ 1669.946702] x5 : ffff000008a36310 x4 : ffff80273088be00
[ 1669.951989] x3 : ffff000009513e90 x2 : 0000000000000000
[ 1669.957276] x1 : 00000000000000a0 x0 : ffffffff00000001
[ 1669.962563] Call trace:
[ 1669.965000] down_write+0x24/0x70
[ 1669.968301] debugfs_remove_recursive+0x5c/0x1b0
[ 1669.972905] hisi_sas_debugfs_exit+0x24/0x30 [hisi_sas_main]
[ 1669.978541] hisi_sas_v3_remove+0x130/0x150 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 1669.984175] pci_device_remove+0x48/0xd8
[ 1669.988082] device_release_driver_internal+0x1b4/0x250
[ 1669.993282] device_release_driver+0x28/0x38
[ 1669.997534] pci_stop_bus_device+0x84/0xb8
[ 1670.001611] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x40
[ 1670.007244] remove_store+0xfc/0x140
[ 1670.010802] dev_attr_store+0x44/0x60
[ 1670.014448] sysfs_kf_write+0x58/0x80
[ 1670.018095] kernfs_fop_write+0xe8/0x1f0
[ 1670.022000] __vfs_write+0x60/0x190
[ 1670.025472] vfs_write+0xac/0x1c0
[ 1670.028771] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd8
[ 1670.032071] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30
[ 1670.035977] el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130
[ 1670.039710] el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78
[ 1670.043442] el0_svc+0x8/0xc

To fix this, set debugfs_dir to NULL after debugfs_remove_recursive().

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 7:33 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 3:19 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 21, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2024, 12:00 AM