CVE-2025-23147

i3c: Add NULL pointer check in i3c_master_queue_ibi()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 1, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Jan 11, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i3c: Add NULL pointer check in i3c_master_queue_ibi()

The I3C master driver may receive an IBI from a target device that has not been probed yet. In such cases, the master calls `i3c_master_queue_ibi()` to queue an IBI work task, leading to "Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory" and resulting in a kernel panic.

Typical IBI handling flow: 1. The I3C master scans target devices and probes their respective drivers. 2. The target device driver calls `i3c_device_request_ibi()` to enable IBI and assigns `dev->ibi = ibi`. 3. The I3C master receives an IBI from the target device and calls `i3c_master_queue_ibi()` to queue the target device driver’s IBI handler task.

However, since target device events are asynchronous to the I3C probe sequence, step 3 may occur before step 2, causing `dev->ibi` to be `NULL`, leading to a kernel panic.

Add a NULL pointer check in `i3c_master_queue_ibi()` to prevent accessing an uninitialized `dev->ibi`, ensuring stability.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 1b54faa5f47fa7c642179744aeff03f0810dc62eAffected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 09359e7c8751961937cb5fc50220969b0a4e1058Affected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 3ba402610843d7d15c7f3966a461deeeaff7fba4Affected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before d83b0c03ef8fbea2f03029a1cc1f5041f0e1d47fAffected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before 6871a676aa534e8f218279672e0445c725f81026Affected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before e6bba328578feb58c614c11868c259b40484c5faAffected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before fe4a4fc179b7898055555a11685915473588392eAffected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before ff9d61db59bb27d16d3f872bff2620d50856b80cAffected
  • 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 to before bd496a44f041da9ef3afe14d1d6193d460424e91Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.0Affected
  • before 5.0Not affected
  • 5.4.293 through 5.4.*Not affected
  • 5.10.237 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.181 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.135 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.88 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.24 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.13.12 through 6.13.*Not affected
  • 6.14.3 through 6.14.*Not affected
  • 6.15 and laterNot affected

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