CVE-2024-46689
Published: Sep 13, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB Linux does not write into cmd-db region. This region of memory is write protected by XPU. XPU may sometime falsely detect clean cache eviction as "write" into the write protected region leading to secure interrupt which causes an endless loop somewhere in Trust Zone. The only reason it is working right now is because Qualcomm Hypervisor maps the same region as Non-Cacheable memory in Stage 2 translation tables. The issue manifests if we want to use another hypervisor (like Xen or KVM), which does not know anything about those specific mappings. Changing the mapping of cmd-db memory from MEMREMAP_WB to MEMREMAP_WT/WC removes dependency on correct mappings in Stage 2 tables. This patch fixes the issue by updating the mapping to MEMREMAP_WC. I tested this on SA8155P with Xen.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 312416d9171a1460b7ed8d182b5b540c910ce80d - < 0ee9594c974368a17e85a431e9fe1c14fb65c278affected 312416d9171a1460b7ed8d182b5b540c910ce80d - < f5a5a5a0e95f36e2792d48e6e4b64e665eb01374affected 312416d9171a1460b7ed8d182b5b540c910ce80d - < eaff392c1e34fb77cc61505a31b0191e5e46e271affected 312416d9171a1460b7ed8d182b5b540c910ce80d - < d9d48d70e922b272875cda60d2ada89291c840cfaffected 312416d9171a1460b7ed8d182b5b540c910ce80d - < ef80520be0ff78ae5ed44cb6eee1525e65bebe70+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.18unaffected 0 - < 4.18unaffected 5.4.283 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.225 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.166 - <= 5.15.*+4 more versions |
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