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HistorySep 04, 2024 - 6:56 p.m.

CVE-2024-44968 tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section

2024-09-0418:56:45
Linux
github.com
2
linux kernel
vulnerability resolved
atomic section
preemptible context

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section

The recent fix for making the take over of the broadcast timer more
reliable retrieves a per CPU pointer in preemptible context.

This went unnoticed as compilers hoist the access into the non-preemptible
region where the pointer is actually used. But of course it’s valid that
the compiler keeps it at the place where the code puts it which rightfully
triggers:

BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code:
caller is hotplug_cpu__broadcast_tick_pull+0x1c/0xc0

Move it to the actual usage site which is in a non-preemptible region.

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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