CVE-2024-42126

powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.

published July 30, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00228 · 12.9th percentile
Published
2024-07-30T07:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JUL 07:46Z
    powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.
    cvelistv5