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CVE-2020-36787MEDIUM
Linux Linux — media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0023   14.2     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488 –  —
  Linux    5.0 –                                       5.4.119
TIMELINE
  Feb 26  Reserved by Linux
  Feb 28  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2020-36787 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine reset 10ms delay Enable vclk It introduces improper reset on the Video Engine hardware and eventually the hardware generates unexpected DMA memory transfers that can corrupt memory region in random and sporadic patterns. This issue is observed very rarely on some specific AST2500 SoCs but it causes a critical kernel panic with making a various shape of signature so it's extremely hard to debug. Moreover, the issue is observed even when the video engine is not actively used because udevd turns on the video engine hardware for a short time to make a query in every boot. To fix this issue, this commit changes the clock handling logic to make the reset de-assertion triggered after enabling both eclk and vclk. Also, it adds clk_unprepare call for a case when probe fails. clk: ast2600: fix reset settings for eclk and vclk Video engine reset setting should be coupled with eclk to match it with the setting for previous Aspeed SoCs which is defined in clk-aspeed.c since all Aspeed SoCs are sharing a single video engine driver. Also, reset bit 6 is defined as 'Video Engine' reset in datasheet so it should be de-asserted when eclk is enabled. This commit fixes the setting.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
February 26, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
February 28, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2020-36787 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxd2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488
LinuxLinux5.05.4.119

References (5)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-36787 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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