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CVE-2021-47429
published 2024-05-21

CVE-2021-47429: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/64s: Fix unrecoverable MCE calling async handler from NMI The machine check handler…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.19%
9.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/64s: Fix unrecoverable MCE calling async handler from NMI The machine check handler is not considered NMI on 64s. The early handler is the true NMI handler, and then it schedules the machine_check_exception handler to run when interrupts are enabled. This works fine except the case of an unrecoverable MCE, where the true NMI is taken when MSR[RI] is clear, it can not recover, so it calls machine_check_exception directly so something might be done about it. Calling an async handler from NMI context can result in irq state and other things getting corrupted. This can also trigger the BUG at arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h:168 BUG_ON(!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs) && !(regs->msr & MSR_EE)); Fix this by making an _async version of the handler which is called in the normal case, and a NMI version that is called for unrecoverable interrupts.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.14.12-1 (bookworm)linux 5.14.12-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 2b43dd7653cca47d297756980846ebbfe8887fa1 < d7a8e38999fbd6910516e44cb43f9f4317e54f73d7a8e38999fbd6910516e44cb43f9f4317e54f73
linuxlinux>= 2b43dd7653cca47d297756980846ebbfe8887fa1 < f08fb25bc66986b0952724530a640d9970fa52c1f08fb25bc66986b0952724530a640d9970fa52c1
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.12-15.14.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.12-15.14.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.12-15.14.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.14 < 5.14.125.14.12

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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