Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: clk-loongson2: Fix memory corruption bug in struct loongson2_clk_provider
Some heap space is allocated for the flexible structure `struct clk_hw_onecell_data` and its flexible-array member `hws` through the composite structure `struct loongson2_clk_provider` in function `loongson2_clk_probe()`, as shown below:
289 struct loongson2_clk_provider *clp; ... 296 for (p = data; p->name; p++) 297 clks_num++; 298 299 clp = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(clp, clk_data.hws, clks_num), 300 GFP_KERNEL);
Then some data is written into the flexible array:
350 clp->clk_data.hws[p->id] = hw;
This corrupts `clk_lock`, which is the spinlock variable immediately following the `clk_data` member in `struct loongson2_clk_provider`:
struct loongson2_clk_provider { void __iomem *base; struct device *dev; struct clk_hw_onecell_data clk_data; spinlock_t clk_lock; /* protect access to DIV registers */ };
The problem is that the flexible structure is currently placed in the middle of `struct loongson2_clk_provider` instead of at the end.
Fix this by moving `struct clk_hw_onecell_data clk_data;` to the end of `struct loongson2_clk_provider`. Also, add a code comment to help prevent this from happening again in case new members are added to the structure in the future.
This change also fixes the following -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning:
drivers/clk/clk-loongson2.c:32:36: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified