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CVE-2021-47428 json

powerpc/64s: fix program check interrupt emergency stack path

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-34433

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

powerpc/64s: fix program check interrupt emergency stack path

Emergency stack path was jumping into a 3: label inside the __GEN_COMMON_BODY macro for the normal path after it had finished, rather than jumping over it. By a small miracle this is the correct place to build up a new interrupt frame with the existing stack pointer, so things basically worked okay with an added weird looking 700 trap frame on top (which had the wrong ->nip so it didn't decode bug messages either).

Fix this by avoiding using numeric labels when jumping over non-trivial macros.

Before:

LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA PowerNV Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 88 Comm: sh Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2-00034-ge057cdade6e5 #2637 NIP: 7265677368657265 LR: c00000000006c0c8 CTR: c0000000000097f0 REGS: c0000000fffb3a50 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted MSR: 9000000000021031 <SF,HV,ME,IR,DR,LE> CR: 00000700 XER: 20040000 CFAR: c0000000000098b0 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c00000000006c964 c0000000fffb3cf0 c000000001513800 0000000000000000 GPR04: 0000000048ab0778 0000000042000000 0000000000000000 0000000000001299 GPR08: 000001e447c718ec 0000000022424282 0000000000002710 c00000000006bee8 GPR12: 9000000000009033 c0000000016b0000 00000000000000b0 0000000000000001 GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 0000000000000ff8 GPR20: 0000000000001fff 0000000000000007 0000000000000080 00007fff89d90158 GPR24: 0000000002000000 0000000002000000 0000000000000255 0000000000000300 GPR28: c000000001270000 0000000042000000 0000000048ab0778 c000000080647e80 NIP [7265677368657265] 0x7265677368657265 LR [c00000000006c0c8] ___do_page_fault+0x3f8/0xb10 Call Trace: [c0000000fffb3cf0] [c00000000000bdac] soft_nmi_common+0x13c/0x1d0 (unreliable) --- interrupt: 700 at decrementer_common_virt+0xb8/0x230 NIP: c0000000000098b8 LR: c00000000006c0c8 CTR: c0000000000097f0 REGS: c0000000fffb3d60 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted MSR: 9000000000021031 <SF,HV,ME,IR,DR,LE> CR: 22424282 XER: 20040000 CFAR: c0000000000098b0 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c00000000006c964 0000000000002400 c000000001513800 0000000000000000 GPR04: 0000000048ab0778 0000000042000000 0000000000000000 0000000000001299 GPR08: 000001e447c718ec 0000000022424282 0000000000002710 c00000000006bee8 GPR12: 9000000000009033 c0000000016b0000 00000000000000b0 0000000000000001 GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 0000000000000ff8 GPR20: 0000000000001fff 0000000000000007 0000000000000080 00007fff89d90158 GPR24: 0000000002000000 0000000002000000 0000000000000255 0000000000000300 GPR28: c000000001270000 0000000042000000 0000000048ab0778 c000000080647e80 NIP [c0000000000098b8] decrementer_common_virt+0xb8/0x230 LR [c00000000006c0c8] ___do_page_fault+0x3f8/0xb10 --- interrupt: 700 Instruction dump: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX ---[ end trace 6d28218e0cc3c949 ]---

After:

------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:491! Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA PowerNV Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 88 Comm: login Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2-00034-ge057cdade6e5-dirty #2638 NIP: c0000000000098b8 LR: c00000000006bf04 CTR: c0000000000097f0 REGS: c0000000fffb3d60 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted MSR: 9000000000021031 <SF,HV,ME,IR,DR,LE> CR: 24482227 XER: 00040000 CFAR: c0000000000098b0 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c00000000006bf04 0000000000002400 c000000001513800 c000000001271868 GPR04: 00000000100f0d29 0000000042000000 0000000000000007 0000000000000009 GPR08: 00000000100f0d29 0000000024482227 0000000000002710 c000000000181b3c GPR12: 9000000000009033 c0000000016b0000 00000000100f0d29 c000000005b22f00 GPR16: 00000000ffff0000 0000000000000001 0000000000000009 00000000100eed90 GPR20: 00000000100eed90 00000 ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.73, 5.14.12, 5.15
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.14.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47428

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:9315

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +4 more 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2021-47428 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: powerpc/64s: fix program check interrupt emergency stack path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, perf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, rtla 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-64k 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-tools 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, python3-perf 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9315
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-headers 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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