GHSA-JPH2-WV5J-5W33
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-27 18:31 – Updated: 2025-10-31 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/imc-pmu: Fix use of mutex in IRQs disabled section
Current imc-pmu code triggers a WARNING with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP and CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING enabled, while running a thread_imc event.
Command to trigger the warning: # perf stat -e thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/ sleep 5
Performance counter stats for 'sleep 5':
0 thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/
5.002117947 seconds time elapsed
0.000131000 seconds user
0.001063000 seconds sys
Below is snippet of the warning in dmesg:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:580 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 2869, name: perf-exec preempt_count: 2, expected: 0 4 locks held by perf-exec/2869: #0: c00000004325c540 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bprm_execve+0x64/0xa90 #1: c00000004325c5d8 (&sig->exec_update_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: begin_new_exec+0x460/0xef0 #2: c0000003fa99d4e0 (&cpuctx_lock){-...}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x290/0x510 #3: c000000017ab8418 (&ctx->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x29c/0x510 irq event stamp: 4806 hardirqs last enabled at (4805): [] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xd0 hardirqs last disabled at (4806): [] perf_event_exec+0x394/0x510 softirqs last enabled at (0): [] copy_process+0xc34/0x1ff0 softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61 Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xe0 (unreliable) __might_resched+0x2f8/0x310 __mutex_lock+0x6c/0x13f0 thread_imc_event_add+0xf4/0x1b0 event_sched_in+0xe0/0x210 merge_sched_in+0x1f0/0x600 visit_groups_merge.isra.92.constprop.166+0x2bc/0x6c0 ctx_flexible_sched_in+0xcc/0x140 ctx_sched_in+0x20c/0x2a0 ctx_resched+0x104/0x1c0 perf_event_exec+0x340/0x510 begin_new_exec+0x730/0xef0 load_elf_binary+0x3f8/0x1e10 ... do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2001 set at [<00000000fd63e7cf>] do_nanosleep+0x60/0x1a0 WARNING: CPU: 36 PID: 2869 at kernel/sched/core.c:9912 __might_sleep+0x9c/0xb0 CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: sleep Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61 Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV NIP: c000000000194a1c LR: c000000000194a18 CTR: c000000000a78670 REGS: c00000004d2134e0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2) MSR: 9000000000021033 CR: 48002824 XER: 00000000 CFAR: c00000000013fb64 IRQMASK: 1
The above warning triggered because the current imc-pmu code uses mutex lock in interrupt disabled sections. The function mutex_lock() internally calls __might_resched(), which will check if IRQs are disabled and in case IRQs are disabled, it will trigger the warning.
Fix the issue by changing the mutex lock to spinlock.
[mpe: Fix comments, trim oops in change log, add reported-by tags]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-53031"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-667"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-27T17:15:52Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/imc-pmu: Fix use of mutex in IRQs disabled section\n\nCurrent imc-pmu code triggers a WARNING with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP\nand CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING enabled, while running a thread_imc event.\n\nCommand to trigger the warning:\n # perf stat -e thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/ sleep 5\n\n Performance counter stats for \u0027sleep 5\u0027:\n\n 0 thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/\n\n 5.002117947 seconds time elapsed\n\n 0.000131000 seconds user\n 0.001063000 seconds sys\n\nBelow is snippet of the warning in dmesg:\n\n BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:580\n in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 2869, name: perf-exec\n preempt_count: 2, expected: 0\n 4 locks held by perf-exec/2869:\n #0: c00000004325c540 (\u0026sig-\u003ecred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bprm_execve+0x64/0xa90\n #1: c00000004325c5d8 (\u0026sig-\u003eexec_update_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: begin_new_exec+0x460/0xef0\n #2: c0000003fa99d4e0 (\u0026cpuctx_lock){-...}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x290/0x510\n #3: c000000017ab8418 (\u0026ctx-\u003elock){....}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x29c/0x510\n irq event stamp: 4806\n hardirqs last enabled at (4805): [\u003cc000000000f65b94\u003e] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xd0\n hardirqs last disabled at (4806): [\u003cc0000000003fae44\u003e] perf_event_exec+0x394/0x510\n softirqs last enabled at (0): [\u003cc00000000013c404\u003e] copy_process+0xc34/0x1ff0\n softirqs last disabled at (0): [\u003c0000000000000000\u003e] 0x0\n CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61\n Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV\n Call Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xe0 (unreliable)\n __might_resched+0x2f8/0x310\n __mutex_lock+0x6c/0x13f0\n thread_imc_event_add+0xf4/0x1b0\n event_sched_in+0xe0/0x210\n merge_sched_in+0x1f0/0x600\n visit_groups_merge.isra.92.constprop.166+0x2bc/0x6c0\n ctx_flexible_sched_in+0xcc/0x140\n ctx_sched_in+0x20c/0x2a0\n ctx_resched+0x104/0x1c0\n perf_event_exec+0x340/0x510\n begin_new_exec+0x730/0xef0\n load_elf_binary+0x3f8/0x1e10\n ...\n do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2001 set at [\u003c00000000fd63e7cf\u003e] do_nanosleep+0x60/0x1a0\n WARNING: CPU: 36 PID: 2869 at kernel/sched/core.c:9912 __might_sleep+0x9c/0xb0\n CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: sleep Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61\n Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV\n NIP: c000000000194a1c LR: c000000000194a18 CTR: c000000000a78670\n REGS: c00000004d2134e0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2)\n MSR: 9000000000021033 \u003cSF,HV,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE\u003e CR: 48002824 XER: 00000000\n CFAR: c00000000013fb64 IRQMASK: 1\n\nThe above warning triggered because the current imc-pmu code uses mutex\nlock in interrupt disabled sections. The function mutex_lock()\ninternally calls __might_resched(), which will check if IRQs are\ndisabled and in case IRQs are disabled, it will trigger the warning.\n\nFix the issue by changing the mutex lock to spinlock.\n\n[mpe: Fix comments, trim oops in change log, add reported-by tags]",
"id": "GHSA-jph2-wv5j-5w33",
"modified": "2025-10-31T21:30:52Z",
"published": "2025-03-27T18:31:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53031"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/424bcb570cb320d1d15238cd4c933522b90f78fa"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76d588dddc459fefa1da96e0a081a397c5c8e216"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cbeb60320ac45a8240b561c8ef466b86c34dedc"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a90d339f1f66be4a946769b565668e2bd0686dfa"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c6d2a31026102d4738b47a610bed4401b9834f"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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