x86/entry: Clear X86_FEATURE_SMAP when CONFIG_X86_SMAP=n (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47430
LOW 3.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 12 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/entry: Clear X86_FEATURE_SMAP when CONFIG_X86_SMAP=n Commit 3c73b81a9164 ("x86/entry, selftests: Further improve user entry sanity checks") added a warning if AC is set when in the kernel. Commit 662a0221893a3d ("x86/entry: Fix AC assertion") changed the warning to only fire if the CPU supports SMAP. However, the warning can still trigger on a machine that supports SMAP but where it's disabled in the kernel config and when running the syscall_nt selftest, for example: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 49 at irqentry_enter_from_user_mode CPU: 0 PID: 49 Comm: init Tainted: G T 5.15.0-rc4+ #98 e6202628ee053b4f310759978284bd8bb0ce6905 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:irqentry_enter_from_user_mode ... Call Trace: ? irqentry_enter ? exc_general_protection ? asm_exc_general_protection ? asm_exc_general_protectio IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_SMAP) could be added to the warning condition, but even this would not be enough in case SMAP is disabled at boot time with the "nosmap" parameter. To be consistent with "nosmap" behaviour, clear X86_FEATURE_SMAP when !CONFIG_X86_SMAP. Found using entry-fuzz + satrandconfig. [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 3c73b81a9164d0c1b6379d6672d2772a9e95168e < f2447f6587b8ffe42ba04d14ce67d429a1163e5e ; affected 3c73b81a9164d0c1b6379d6672d2772a9e95168e < 4e9ec1c65da98c293f75d83755dfa5e03075a6d0 ; affected 3c73b81a9164d0c1b6379d6672d2772a9e95168e < 3958b9c34c2729597e182cc606cc43942fd19f7c
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.8 ; unaffected 0 < 5.8 ; unaffected 5.10.73 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.14.12 ≤ 5.14.* ; unaffected 5.15 ≤ *

Sources

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CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD