Upstream information

CVE-2021-46910 at MITRE

Description

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

ARM: 9063/1: mm: reduce maximum number of CPUs if DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL is enabled

The debugging code for kmap_local() doubles the number of per-CPU fixmap
slots allocated for kmap_local(), in order to use half of them as guard
regions. This causes the fixmap region to grow downwards beyond the start
of its reserved window if the supported number of CPUs is large, and collide
with the newly added virtual DT mapping right below it, which is obviously
not good.

One manifestation of this is EFI boot on a kernel built with NR_CPUS=32
and CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL=y, which may pass the FDT in highmem, resulting
in block entries below the fixmap region that the fixmap code misidentifies
as fixmap table entries, and subsequently tries to dereference using a
phys-to-virt translation that is only valid for lowmem. This results in a
cryptic splat such as the one below.

ftrace: allocating 45548 entries in 89 pages
8<--- cut here ---
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fc6006f0
pgd = (ptrval)
[fc6006f0] *pgd=80000040207003, *pmd=00000000
Internal error: Oops: a06 [#1] SMP ARM
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.11.0+ #382
Hardware name: Generic DT based system
PC is at cpu_ca15_set_pte_ext+0x24/0x30
LR is at __set_fixmap+0xe4/0x118
pc : [<c041ac9c>] lr : [<c04189d8>] psr: 400000d3
sp : c1601ed8 ip : 00400000 fp : 00800000
r10: 0000071f r9 : 00421000 r8 : 00c00000
r7 : 00c00000 r6 : 0000071f r5 : ffade000 r4 : 4040171f
r3 : 00c00000 r2 : 4040171f r1 : c041ac78 r0 : fc6006f0
Flags: nZcv IRQs off FIQs off Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none
Control: 30c5387d Table: 40203000 DAC: 00000001
Process swapper (pid: 0, stack limit = 0x(ptrval))

So let's limit CONFIG_NR_CPUS to 16 when CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL=y. Also,
fix the BUILD_BUG_ON() check that was supposed to catch this, by checking
whether the region grows below the start address rather than above the end
address.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1220446 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Not affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-azure Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-rt Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 kernel-source-azure Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Feb 27 09:00:22 2024
CVE page last modified: Tue Nov 12 19:32:10 2024