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FKIE_CVE-2021-47454

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-22 07:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:17
Summary
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.

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/smp: do not decrement idle task preempt count in CPU offline\n\nWith PREEMPT_COUNT=y, when a CPU is offlined and then onlined again, we\nget:\n\nBUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/1/0/0x00000000\nno locks held by swapper/1/0.\nCPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #100\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x108\n __schedule_bug+0xac/0xe0\n __schedule+0xcf8/0x10d0\n schedule_idle+0x3c/0x70\n do_idle+0x2d8/0x4a0\n cpu_startup_entry+0x38/0x40\n start_secondary+0x2ec/0x3a0\n start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14\n\nThis is because powerpc\u0027s arch_cpu_idle_dead() decrements the idle task\u0027s\npreempt count, for reasons explained in commit a7c2bb8279d2 (\"powerpc:\nRe-enable preemption before cpu_die()\"), specifically \"start_secondary()\nexpects a preempt_count() of 0.\"\n\nHowever, since commit 2c669ef6979c (\"powerpc/preempt: Don\u0027t touch the idle\ntask\u0027s preempt_count during hotplug\") and commit f1a0a376ca0c (\"sched/core:\nInitialize the idle task with preemption disabled\"), that justification no\nlonger holds.\n\nThe idle task isn\u0027t supposed to re-enable preemption, so remove the\nvestigial preempt_enable() from the CPU offline path.\n\nTested with pseries and powernv in qemu, and pseries on PowerVM."
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: powerpc/smp: no disminuye el recuento de prioridad de tareas inactivas en la CPU fuera de l\u00ednea Con PREEMPT_COUNT=y, cuando una CPU est\u00e1 fuera de l\u00ednea y luego vuelve a estar en l\u00ednea, obtenemos: ERROR: programaci\u00f3n mientras es at\u00f3mica: swapper/1/0/0x00000000 no hay bloqueos retenidos por swapper/1/0. CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comunicaciones: swapper/1 No contaminado 5.15.0-rc2+ #100 Seguimiento de llamadas: dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x108 __schedule_bug+0xac/0xe0 __schedule+0xcf8/0x10d0 Schedule_idle+0x3c/0x70 do_idle+0x2d8/0x4a0 entrada_arriba+ 0x38/0x40 start_secondary+0x2ec/0x3a0 start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14 Esto se debe a que arch_cpu_idle_dead() de powerpc disminuye el recuento de apropiaci\u00f3n de tareas inactivas, por razones explicadas en el commit a7c2bb8279d2 (\"powerpc: volver a habilitar la apropiaci\u00f3n antes de cpu_die()\"), espec\u00edficamente \" start_secondary() espera un preempt_count() de 0.\" Sin embargo, desde el commit 2c669ef6979c (\"powerpc/preempt: no toque el preempt_count de la tarea inactiva durante la conexi\u00f3n en caliente\") y el commit f1a0a376ca0c (\"sched/core: inicialice la tarea inactiva con la preferencia deshabilitada\"), esa justificaci\u00f3n ya no se cumple. No se supone que la tarea inactiva vuelva a habilitar la preferencia, por lo tanto, elimine el preempt_enable() residual de la ruta fuera de l\u00ednea de la CPU. Probado con pseries y powernv en qemu y pseries en PowerVM."
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