GHSA-GVP8-GMJ5-M6G2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-15 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-24 18:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: qcom: fix writes in read-only memory region

This commit fixes a kernel oops because of a write in some read-only memory:

[    9.068287] Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff800009240ad8
..snip..
[    9.138790] Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP
..snip..
[    9.269161] Call trace:
[    9.276271]  __memcpy+0x5c/0x230
[    9.278531]  snprintf+0x58/0x80
[    9.282002]  qcom_cpufreq_msm8939_name_version+0xb4/0x190
[    9.284869]  qcom_cpufreq_probe+0xc8/0x39c
..snip..

The following line defines a pointer that point to a char buffer stored in read-only memory:

char *pvs_name = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";

This pointer is meant to hold a template "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX" where the XX values get overridden by the qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version function. Since the template is actually stored in read-only memory, when the function executes the following call we get an oops:

snprintf(*pvs_name, sizeof("speedXX-pvsXX-vXX"), "speed%d-pvs%d-v%d",
     speed, pvs, pvs_ver);

To fix this issue, we instead store the template name onto the stack by using the following syntax:

char pvs_name_buffer[] = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";

Because the pvs_name needs to be able to be assigned to NULL, the template buffer is stored in the pvs_name_buffer and not under the pvs_name variable.

Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-50239"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-15T14:15:34Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: qcom: fix writes in read-only memory region\n\nThis commit fixes a kernel oops because of a write in some read-only memory:\n\n\t[    9.068287] Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff800009240ad8\n\t..snip..\n\t[    9.138790] Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n\t..snip..\n\t[    9.269161] Call trace:\n\t[    9.276271]  __memcpy+0x5c/0x230\n\t[    9.278531]  snprintf+0x58/0x80\n\t[    9.282002]  qcom_cpufreq_msm8939_name_version+0xb4/0x190\n\t[    9.284869]  qcom_cpufreq_probe+0xc8/0x39c\n\t..snip..\n\nThe following line defines a pointer that point to a char buffer stored\nin read-only memory:\n\n\tchar *pvs_name = \"speedXX-pvsXX-vXX\";\n\nThis pointer is meant to hold a template \"speedXX-pvsXX-vXX\" where the\nXX values get overridden by the qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version function. Since\nthe template is actually stored in read-only memory, when the function\nexecutes the following call we get an oops:\n\n\tsnprintf(*pvs_name, sizeof(\"speedXX-pvsXX-vXX\"), \"speed%d-pvs%d-v%d\",\n\t\t speed, pvs, pvs_ver);\n\nTo fix this issue, we instead store the template name onto the stack by\nusing the following syntax:\n\n\tchar pvs_name_buffer[] = \"speedXX-pvsXX-vXX\";\n\nBecause the `pvs_name` needs to be able to be assigned to NULL, the\ntemplate buffer is stored in the pvs_name_buffer and not under the\npvs_name variable.",
  "id": "GHSA-gvp8-gmj5-m6g2",
  "modified": "2025-11-24T18:31:08Z",
  "published": "2025-09-15T15:31:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50239"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01039fb8e90c9cb684430414bff70cea9eb168c5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d260f94ff89543597ffea13db8b277a810e08e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794ded0bc461287a268bed21fea2eebb6e5d232c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74ee4e301ca01e431e240c046173332966e2431"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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