[SRU][N][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-42159

Massimiliano Pellizzer massimiliano.pellizzer at canonical.com
Wed Aug 21 15:18:55 UTC 2024


[Impact]

scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys

Information is stored in mr_sas_port->phy_mask, values larger then size of
this field shouldn't be allowed.

[Fix]

Noble:  Cherry picked cleanly from linux-6.9.y
Jammy:  Not affected
Focal:  Not affected
Bionic: Not affected
Xenial: Not affected

[Test Case]

Compile and boot tested.

[Where problems could occur]

The fix affects the mpi3mr SCSI driver. An issue with this fix would
cause failures in RAID controller initialization or communication,
potentially leading to storage device detection problems or I/O errors
during data transfer.

Tomas Henzl (1):
  scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys

 drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

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2.43.0




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