CVE-2023-52740 powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch

2024-05-2115:23:03

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

powerpc

interrupt

security mitigation

race condition

vulnerability fix

msr

soft-masked interrupt

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

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

powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch

The RFI and STF security mitigation options can flip the
interrupt_exit_not_reentrant static branch condition concurrently with
the interrupt exit code which tests that branch.

Interrupt exit tests this condition to set MSR[EE|RI] for exit, then
again in the case a soft-masked interrupt is found pending, to recover
the MSR so the interrupt can be replayed before attempting to exit
again. If the condition changes between these two tests, the MSR and irq
soft-mask state will become corrupted, leading to warnings and possible
crashes. For example, if the branch is initially true then false,
MSR[EE] will be 0 but PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS clear and EE may not get
enabled, leading to warnings in irq_64.c.

CNA Affected

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