CVE-2023-52496: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

CVE-2023-52496: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

[Lee Jones]

Description
===========

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

While switching to ref counters for track mtd devices use, the vmu-flash
driver was forgotten. The reason for reading the ref counter seems
debatable, but let's just fix the build for now.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-52496 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 6.6 with commit 19bfa9ebebb5 and fixed in 6.6.15 with commit 38c12f10990a
	Issue introduced in 6.6 with commit 19bfa9ebebb5 and fixed in 6.7.3 with commit 1168d6b79d2f
	Issue introduced in 6.6 with commit 19bfa9ebebb5 and fixed in 6.8-rc1 with commit a7d84a2e7663

Please see https://www.kernel.org or a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2023-52496
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	drivers/mtd/maps/vmu-flash.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c12f10990ad6e63ddef2f20c1b066e5e4d34fd
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1168d6b79d2fafb41299fbc1b528e20644c562a5
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d84a2e7663bbe12394cc771107e04668ea313a

Re: CVE-2023-52496: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 11:26:54AM +0100, Robert Frohl wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> > but let's just fix the build for now.
> 
> Reads like it is only a build fix, does it really need a CVE ?

You're a bit late:
	https://lore.kernel.org/all/2024030813-subscribe-smasher-aeca@gregkh/
:)

Already revoked, thanks for the review!

greg k-h