CVE-2024-56781: powerpc/prom_init: Fixup missing powermac #size-cells
First published: Wed Jan 08 2025(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/prom_init: Fixup missing powermac #size-cells On some powermacs `escc` nodes are missing `#size-cells` properties, which is deprecated and now triggers a warning at boot since commit 045b14ca5c36 ("of: WARN on deprecated #address-cells/#size-cells handling"). For example: Missing '#size-cells' in /pci@f2000000/mac-io@c/escc@13000 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/of/base.c:133 of_bus_n_size_cells+0x98/0x108 Hardware name: PowerMac3,1 7400 0xc0209 PowerMac ... Call Trace: of_bus_n_size_cells+0x98/0x108 (unreliable) of_bus_default_count_cells+0x40/0x60 __of_get_address+0xc8/0x21c __of_address_to_resource+0x5c/0x228 pmz_init_port+0x5c/0x2ec pmz_probe.isra.0+0x144/0x1e4 pmz_console_init+0x10/0x48 console_init+0xcc/0x138 start_kernel+0x5c4/0x694 As powermacs boot via prom_init it's possible to add the missing properties to the device tree during boot, avoiding the warning. Note that `escc-legacy` nodes are also missing `#size-cells` properties, but they are skipped by the macio driver, so leave them alone. Depends-on: 045b14ca5c36 ("of: WARN on deprecated #address-cells/#size-cells handling")
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <5.4.287 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.231 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.174 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.120 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.66 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.12.5 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b94d838018fb0a824e0cd3149034928c99fb1b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a79a7e3c03ae2a07f68b5f24d5ed549f9799ec89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee68554d2c03e32077f7b984e5289fdb005036d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5f0453a2228607333bff0c85238a3cb495d194
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691284c2cd33ffaa0b35ce53b3286b90621e9dc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296a109fa77110ba5267fe0e90a26005eecc2726
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf89c9434af122f28a3552e6f9cc5158c33ce50a
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