CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-26761
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-04-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/pci: Fix disabling memory if DVSEC CXL Range does not match a CFMWS window
The Linux CXL subsystem is built on the assumption that HPA == SPA.
That is, the host physical address (HPA) the HDM decoder registers are
programmed with are system physical addresses (SPA).
During HDM decoder setup, the DVSEC CXL range registers (cxl-3.1,
8.1.3.8) are checked if the memory is enabled and the CXL range is in
a HPA window that is described in a CFMWS structure of the CXL host
bridge (cxl-3.1, 9.18.1.3).
Now, if the HPA is not an SPA, the CXL range does not match a CFMWS
window and the CXL memory range will be disabled then. The HDM decoder
stops working which causes system memory being disabled and further a
system hang during HDM decoder initialization, typically when a CXL
enabled kernel boots.
Prevent a system hang and do not disable the HDM decoder if the
decoder's CXL range is not found in a CFMWS window.
Note the change only fixes a hardware hang, but does not implement
HPA/SPA translation. Support for this can be added in a follow on
patch series.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.19 < 6.1.80)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.19)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.7.7)
• linux linux kernel 6.8
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/031217128990d7f0ab8c46db1afb3cf1e075fd29 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cab687205986491302cd2e440ef1d253031c221 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc1a530ab31c65b52daf3cb5d0883c8b614ea69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3181a71935774bda2398451256d7441426420b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/031217128990d7f0ab8c46db1afb3cf1e075fd29 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cab687205986491302cd2e440ef1d253031c221 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc1a530ab31c65b52daf3cb5d0883c8b614ea69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3181a71935774bda2398451256d7441426420b Patch