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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-46993
HistoryFeb 28, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-46993

2024-02-2809:15:37
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
vulnerability
resolved
uclamp
performance
memory access

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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

sched: Fix out-of-bound access in uclamp

Util-clamp places tasks in different buckets based on their clamp values
for performance reasons. However, the size of buckets is currently
computed using a rounding division, which can lead to an off-by-one
error in some configurations.

For instance, with 20 buckets, the bucket size will be 1024/20=51. A
task with a clamp of 1024 will be mapped to bucket id 1024/51=20. Sadly,
correct indexes are in range [0,19], hence leading to an out of bound
memory access.

Clamp the bucket id to fix the issue.

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%