APPLIED: [SRU][F/J][PATCH 0/3] CVE-2024-40965

[Roxana Nicolescu]

On 20/11/2024 19:09, Massimiliano Pellizzer wrote:
> [Impact]
>
> i2c: lpi2c: Avoid calling clk_get_rate during transfer
>
> Instead of repeatedly calling clk_get_rate for each transfer, lock
> the clock rate and cache the value.
>
> A deadlock has been observed while adding tlv320aic32x4 audio codec to
> the system. When this clock provider adds its clock, the clk mutex is
> locked already, it needs to access i2c, which in return needs the mutex
> for clk_get_rate as well.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Oracular: Not affected
> Noble:    Fixed
> Jammy:
> - Cherry picked b0cde62e4c548 which is a prereq of the fix commit
> - Cherry picked 7f1dd39aedfcc which is a follow-up of b0cde62e4c548
> - Backported the fix commit
>
> Focal:    Applied jammy patches
> Bionic:   Work in progress
> Xenial:   Not affected
>
> [Test Case]
>
> Compile tested only.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> The fix affects the I2C subsystem, in particular the i2c-imx-lpi2c
> driver. An issue with this fix may lead to kernel crashes during I2C
> transfers or when initializing I2C devices. Additionally, users may
> observe system instability or hangs when accessing devices connected
> via the I2C bus.
>
> Alexander Stein (1):
>    i2c: lpi2c: Avoid calling clk_get_rate during transfer
>
> Uwe Kleine-König (2):
>    clk: Add a devm variant of clk_rate_exclusive_get()
>    clk: Provide !COMMON_CLK dummy for devm_clk_rate_exclusive_get()
>
>   drivers/clk/clk.c                  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>   include/linux/clk.h                | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Applied to jammy:linux, focal:linux master-next branches. Thanks!