In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvkm/gsp: correctly advance the read pointer of GSP message queue A GSP event message consists three parts: message header, RPC header, message body. GSP calculates the number of pages to write from the total size of a GSP message. This behavior can be observed from the movement of the write pointer. However, nvkm takes only the size of RPC header and message body as the message size when advancing the read pointer. When handling a two-page GSP message in the non rollback case, It wrongly takes the message body of the previous message as the message header of the next message. As the "message length" tends to be zero, in the calculation of size needs to be copied (0 - size of (message header)), the size needs to be copied will be "0xffffffxx". It also triggers a kernel panic due to a NULL pointer error. [ 547.614102] msg: 00000f90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 40 d7 18 fb 8b 00 00 00 ........@....... [ 547.622533] msg: 00000fa0: 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ................ [ 547.630965] msg: 00000fb0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ................ [ 547.639397] msg: 00000fc0: ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ [ 547.647832] nvkm 0000:c1:00.0: gsp: peek msg rpc fn:0 len:0x0/0xffffffffffffffe0 [ 547.655225] nvkm 0000:c1:00.0: gsp: get msg rpc fn:0 len:0x0/0xffffffffffffffe0 [ 547.662532] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 [ 547.669485] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 547.674624] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 547.679755] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 547.682294] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 547.686643] CPU: 22 PID: 322 Comm: kworker/22:1 Tainted: G E 6.9.0-rc6+ #1 [ 547.694893] Hardware name: ASRockRack 1U1G-MILAN/N/ROMED8-NL, BIOS L3.12E 09/06/2022 [ 547.702626] Workqueue: events r535_gsp_msgq_work [nvkm] [ 547.707921] RIP: 0010:r535_gsp_msg_recv+0x87/0x230 [nvkm] [ 547.713375] Code: 00 8b 70 08 48 89 e1 31 d2 4c 89 f7 e8 12 f5 ff ff 48 89 c5 48 85 c0 0f 84 cf 00 00 00 48 81 fd 00 f0 ff ff 0f 87 c4 00 00 00 <8b> 55 10 41 8b 46 30 85 d2 0f 85 f6 00 00 00 83 f8 04 76 10 ba 05 [ 547.732119] RSP: 0018:ffffabe440f87e10 EFLAGS: 00010203 [ 547.737335] RAX: 0000000000000010 RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 000000000000003f [ 547.744461] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffabe4480a8030 RDI: 0000000000000010 [ 547.751585] RBP: 0000000000000010 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffabe440f87bb0 [ 547.758707] R10: ffffabe440f87dc8 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 547.765834] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9351df1e5000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 547.772958] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93708eb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 547.781035] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 547.786771] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 00000003cc220002 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 547.793896] PKRU: 55555554 [ 547.796600] Call Trace: [ 547.799046] <TASK> [ 547.801152] ? __die+0x20/0x70 [ 547.804211] ? page_fault_oops+0x75/0x170 [ 547.808221] ? print_hex_dump+0x100/0x160 [ 547.812226] ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x150 [ 547.816152] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 547.820341] ? r535_gsp_msg_recv+0x87/0x230 [nvkm] [ 547.825184] r535_gsp_msgq_work+0x42/0x50 [nvkm] [ 547.829845] process_one_work+0x196/0x3d0 [ 547.833861] worker_thread+0x2fc/0x410 [ 547.837613] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.841885] kthread+0xdf/0x110 [ 547.845031] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.848775] ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 [ 547.852354] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 547.856097] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 547.860019] </TASK> [ 547.862208] Modules linked in: nvkm(E) gsp_log(E) snd_seq_dummy(E) snd_hrtimer(E) snd_seq(E) snd_timer(E) snd_seq_device(E) snd(E) soundcore(E) rfkill(E) qrtr(E) vfat(E) fat(E) ipmi_ssif(E) amd_atl(E) intel_rapl_msr(E) intel_rapl_common(E) amd64_edac(E) mlx5_ib(E) edac_mce_amd(E) kvm_amd ---truncated---
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from linux organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2025-02-27T03:15:12.897
2025-10-28T20:41:36.903
Analyzed
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 6.12.14 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 6.13.3 | Yes |
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