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- CVE-2024-42126
CVE-2024-42126: powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.
First published: Tue Jul 30 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt. nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() touches per cpu variables which can lead to kernel crash when invoked during real mode interrupt handling (e.g. early HMI/MCE interrupt handler) if percpu allocation comes from vmalloc area. Early HMI/MCE handlers are called through DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI() wrapper which invokes nmi_enter/nmi_exit calls. We don't see any issue when percpu allocation is from the embedded first chunk. However with CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK enabled there are chances where percpu allocation can come from the vmalloc area. With kernel command line "percpu_alloc=page" we can force percpu allocation to come from vmalloc area and can see kernel crash in machine_check_early: [ 1.215714] NIP [c000000000e49eb4] rcu_nmi_enter+0x24/0x110 [ 1.215717] LR [c0000000000461a0] machine_check_early+0xf0/0x2c0 [ 1.215719] --- interrupt: 200 [ 1.215720] [c000000fffd73180] [0000000000000000] 0x0 (unreliable) [ 1.215722] [c000000fffd731b0] [0000000000000000] 0x0 [ 1.215724] [c000000fffd73210] [c000000000008364] machine_check_early_common+0x134/0x1f8 Fix this by avoiding use of nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() in real mode if percpu first chunk is not embedded.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1<=5.10.226-1 | 6.1.115-1 6.1.112-1 6.11.7-1 6.11.9-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db880fc865ffb522141ced4bfa66c12ab1fbb70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f37946c62c48a907625348cbc720a7a0c547d1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c78c9411e685dbc9eac8c2845111b03501975b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d3f83dfb23674540c827a8d65fba20aa300b252
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2afb26615adf6c3ceaaa7732aa839bcd587a057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb6675db04c4b79883373edc578d5df7bbc84848
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-42126
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42126
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-42126
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42126
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42126
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/0db880fc865ffb522141ced4bfa66c12ab1fbb70
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