powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch (Linux Linux)

CVE-2023-52740
MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch The RFI and STF security mitigation options can flip the interrupt_exit_not_reentrant static branch condition concurrently with the interrupt exit code which tests that branch. Interrupt exit tests this condition to set MSR[EE|RI] for exit, then again in the case a soft-masked interrupt is found pending, to recover the MSR so the interrupt can be replayed before attempting to exit again. If the condition changes between these two tests, the MSR and irq soft-mask state will become corrupted, leading to warnings and possible crashes. For example, if the branch is initially true then false, MSR[EE] will be 0 but PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS clear and EE may not get enabled, leading to warnings in irq_64.c.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 < 86f7e423933608d536015a0f2eb9e0338c1227e0 ; affected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 < 6f097c24815e67909a1fcc2c605586d02babd673 ; affected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 < 2ea31e2e62bbc4d11c411eeb36f1b02841dbcab1
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.14 ; unaffected 0 < 5.14 ; unaffected 5.15.94 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.12 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.2 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
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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