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CVE-2021-47454
published 2024-05-22

CVE-2021-47454: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/smp: do not decrement idle task preempt count in CPU offline With PREEMPT_COUNT=y…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.22%
13.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/smp: do not decrement idle task preempt count in CPU offline With PREEMPT_COUNT=y, when a CPU is offlined and then onlined again, we get: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/1/0/0x00000000 no locks held by swapper/1/0. CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #100 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x108 __schedule_bug+0xac/0xe0 __schedule+0xcf8/0x10d0 schedule_idle+0x3c/0x70 do_idle+0x2d8/0x4a0 cpu_startup_entry+0x38/0x40 start_secondary+0x2ec/0x3a0 start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14 This is because powerpc's arch_cpu_idle_dead() decrements the idle task's preempt count, for reasons explained in commit a7c2bb8279d2 ("powerpc: Re-enable preemption before cpu_die()"), specifically "start_secondary() expects a preempt_count() of 0." However, since commit 2c669ef6979c ("powerpc/preempt: Don't touch the idle task's preempt_count during hotplug") and commit f1a0a376ca0c ("sched/core: Initialize the idle task with preemption disabled"), that justification no longer holds. The idle task isn't supposed to re-enable preemption, so remove the vestigial preempt_enable() from the CPU offline path. Tested with pseries and powernv in qemu, and pseries on PowerVM.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.14.16-1 (bookworm)linux 5.14.16-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 2c669ef6979c370f98d4b876e54f19613c81e075 < 3ea0b497a7a2fff6a4b7090310c9f52c919759343ea0b497a7a2fff6a4b7090310c9f52c91975934
linuxlinux>= 2c669ef6979c370f98d4b876e54f19613c81e075 < 787252a10d9422f3058df9a4821f389e5326c440787252a10d9422f3058df9a4821f389e5326c440
linuxlinux>= 5.10.50 < 5.10.765.10.76
linuxlinux>= 5.12.17 < 5.135.13
linuxlinux>= 5.13.2 < 5.145.14
linuxlinux>= bdf4d33e8342b90386156204e1da0cdfdb4bf146 < 53770a411559cf7bc0906d1df319cc533d2f4f5853770a411559cf7bc0906d1df319cc533d2f4f58
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.84-15.10.84-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.14.16-15.14.16-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.10.50 < 5.10.765.10.76
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.12.17 < 5.135.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.13.2 < 5.14.155.14.15

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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