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CVE-2024-56587

MEDIUM 5.5

leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex There is NULL pointer issue observed if from Process A where hid device being added which results in adding a led_cdev addition and later a another call to access of led_cdev attribute from Process B can result in NULL pointer issue. Use mutex led_cdev->led_access to protect access to led->cdev and its attribute inside brightness_show() and max_brightness_show() and also update the comment for mutex that it should be used to protect the led class device fields. Process A Process B kthread+0x114 worker_thread+0x244 process_scheduled_works+0x248 uhid_device_add_worker+0x24 hid_add_device+0x120 device_add+0x268 bus_probe_device+0x94 device_initial_probe+0x14 __device_attach+0xfc bus_for_each_drv+0x10c __device_attach_driver+0x14c driver_probe_device+0x3c __driver_probe_device+0xa0 really_probe+0x190 hid_device_probe+0x130 ps_probe+0x990 ps_led_register+0x94 devm_led_classdev_register_ext+0x58 led_classdev_register_ext+0x1f8 device_create_with_groups+0x48 device_create_groups_vargs+0xc8 device_add+0x244 kobject_uevent+0x14 kobject_uevent_env[jt]+0x224 mutex_unlock[jt]+0xc4 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xd4 wake_up_q+0x70 try_to_wake_up[jt]+0x48c preempt_schedule_common+0x28 __schedule+0x628 __switch_to+0x174 el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc el0_svc+0x38/0x68 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114 __arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c ksys_read+0x78/0xe8 vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4 seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130 dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74 brightness_show+0x20/0x4c dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74 [ 3313.874295][ T4013] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000060 [ 3313.874301][ T4013] Mem abort info: [ 3313.874303][ T4013] ESR = 0x0000000096000006 [ 3313.874305][ T4013] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 3313.874307][ T4013] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 3313.874309][ T4013] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 3313.874311][ T4013] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault [ 3313.874313][ T4013] Data abort info: [ 3313.874314][ T4013] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 3313.874316][ T4013] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 3313.874318][ T4013] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 3313.874320][ T4013] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008f2b0a000 .. [ 3313.874332][ T4013] Dumping ftrace buffer: [ 3313.874334][ T4013] (ftrace buffer empty) .. .. [ dd3313.874639][ T4013] CPU: 6 PID: 4013 Comm: InputReader [ 3313.874648][ T4013] pc : dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74 [ 3313.874653][ T4013] lr : led_update_brightness+0x38/0x60 [ 3313.874656][ T4013] sp : ffffffc0b910bbd0 .. .. [ 3313.874685][ T4013] Call trace: [ 3313.874687][ T4013] dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74 [ 3313.874690][ T4013] brightness_show+0x20/0x4c [ 3313.874692][ T4013] dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74 [ 3313.874696][ T4013] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130 [ 3313.874700][ T4013] kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54 [ 3313.874703][ T4013] seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec [ 3313.874705][ T4013] kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4 [ 3313.874708][ T4013] vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8 [ 3313.874711][ T4013] ksys_read+0x78/0xe8 [ 3313.874714][ T4013] __arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c [ 3313.874718][ T4013] invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114 [ 3313.874721][ T4013] el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0 [ 3313.874724][ T4013] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 3313.874727][ T4013] el0_svc+0x38/0x68 [ 3313.874730][ T4013] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc [ 3313.874732][ T4013] el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac

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Published Dec 27, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < 84b42d5b5fcd767c9b7f30b0b32065ed949fe804 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < ddcfc5708da9972ac23a9121b3d819b0a53d6f21 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < b8283d52ed15c02bb2eb9b1b8644dcc34f8e98f1 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < 50d9f68e4adf86901cbab1bd5b91f710aa9141b9 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < f6d6fb563e4be245a17bc4261a4b294e8bf8a31e 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < bb4a6236a430cfc3713f470f3a969f39d6d4ca25 29d76dfa29fe22583aefddccda0bc56aa81035dc < 4ca7cd938725a4050dcd62ae9472e931d603118d
Linux / Linux
2.6.26

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84b42d5b5fcd767c9b7f30b0b32065ed949fe804 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddcfc5708da9972ac23a9121b3d819b0a53d6f21 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8283d52ed15c02bb2eb9b1b8644dcc34f8e98f1 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50d9f68e4adf86901cbab1bd5b91f710aa9141b9 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6d6fb563e4be245a17bc4261a4b294e8bf8a31e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb4a6236a430cfc3713f470f3a969f39d6d4ca25 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ca7cd938725a4050dcd62ae9472e931d603118d lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html