CVE-2021-47584

2024-06-1915:15:52

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

vulnerability

cve-2021-47584

iocost

donate calculation

bug

divide-by-zero

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iocost: Fix divide-by-zero on donation from low hweight cgroup

The donation calculation logic assumes that the donor has non-zero
after-donation hweight, so the lowest active hweight a donating cgroup can
have is 2 so that it can donate 1 while keeping the other 1 for itself.
Earlier, we only donated from cgroups with sizable surpluses so this
condition was always true. However, with the precise donation algorithm
implemented, f1de2439ec43 (“blk-iocost: revamp donation amount
determination”) made the donation amount calculation exact enabling even low
hweight cgroups to donate.

This means that in rare occasions, a cgroup with active hweight of 1 can
enter donation calculation triggering the following warning and then a
divide-by-zero oops.

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 0 at block/blk-iocost.c:1928 transfer_surpluses.cold+0x0/0x53 [884/94867]
…
RIP: 0010:transfer_surpluses.cold+0x0/0x53
Code: 92 ff 48 c7 c7 28 d1 ab b5 65 48 8b 34 25 00 ae 01 00 48 81 c6 90 06 00 00 e8 8b 3f fe ff 48 c7 c0 ea ff ff ff e9 95 ff 92 ff <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 30 da ab b5 e8 71 3f fe ff 4c 89 e8 4d 85 ed 74 0
4
…
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
ioc_timer_fn+0x1043/0x1390
call_timer_fn+0xa1/0x2c0
__run_timers.part.0+0x1ec/0x2e0
run_timer_softirq+0x35/0x70
…
iocg: invalid donation weights in /a/b: active=1 donating=1 after=0

Fix it by excluding cgroups w/ active hweight < 2 from donating. Excluding
these extreme low hweight donations shouldn’t affect work conservation in
any meaningful way.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.10–5.10.88

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.11

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0≥

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "block/blk-iocost.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "f1de2439ec43",
        "lessThan": "a7c80674538f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "f1de2439ec43",
        "lessThan": "3a1a4eb57417",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "f1de2439ec43",
        "lessThan": "edaa26334c11",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "block/blk-iocost.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.10",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.10",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.88",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.11",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]