fix userspace-triggered crash on a2xx-a4xx
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/adreno: fix userspace-triggered crash on a2xx-a4xx Before a5xx Adreno driver will not try fetching UBWC params (because those generations didn't support UBWC anyway), however it's still possible to query UBWC-related params from the userspace, triggering possible NULL pointer dereference. Check for UBWC config in adreno_get_param() and return sane defaults if there is none. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/717778/ A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Adreno Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) driver. This vulnerability allows a local user to trigger a system crash by querying unsupported Universal Bandwidth Compression (UBWC) parameters from userspace. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS), making the system unavailable. Red Hat severity: Moderate. Weakness: CWE-476. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/adreno: fix userspace-triggered crash on a2xx-a4xx Before a5xx Adreno driver will not try fetching UBWC params (because those generations didn't support UBWC anyway), however it's still possible to query UBWC-related params from the userspace, triggering possible NULL pointer dereference. Check for UBWC config in adreno_get_param() and return sane defaults if there is none. Patchwork: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Adreno Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) driver. The official description requires local access to the affected system. Successful exploitation can interrupt the affected service or exhaust resources, reducing availability until the component recovers.
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