Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arch/arm64: Fix topology initialization for core scheduling Arm64 systems rely on store_cpu_topology() to call update_siblings_masks() to transfer the toplogy to the various cpu masks. This needs to be done before the call to notify_cpu_starting() which tells the scheduler about each cpu found, otherwise the core scheduling data structures are setup in a way that does not match the actual topology. With smt_mask not setup correctly we bail on `cpumask_weight(smt_mask) == 1` for !leaders in: notify_cpu_starting() cpuhp_invoke_callback_range() sched_cpu_starting() sched_core_cpu_starting() which leads to rq->core not being correctly set for !leader-rq's. Without this change stress-ng (which enables core scheduling in its prctl tests in newer versions -- i.e. with PR_SCHED_CORE support) causes a warning and then a crash (trimmed for legibility): [ 1853.805168] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1853.809784] task_rq(b)->core != rq->core [ 1853.809792] WARNING: CPU: 117 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/fair.c:11102 cfs_prio_less+0x1b4/0x1c4 ... [ 1854.015210] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 ... [ 1854.231256] Call trace: [ 1854.233689] pick_next_task+0x3dc/0x81c [ 1854.237512] __schedule+0x10c/0x4cc [ 1854.240988] schedule_idle+0x34/0x54
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected 9edeaea1bc452372718837ed2ba775811baf1ba1 before 87f5d66daa5f457449bb95d6b8d18bb7596aa627; affected 9edeaea1bc452372718837ed2ba775811baf1ba1 before 790c1567582bda8f1153015436e3330a7c6eb278; affected 9edeaea1bc452372718837ed2ba775811baf1ba1 before c78a1b2d0bff678570c8dc9f14035606f5e5257d; affected 9edeaea1bc452372718837ed2ba775811baf1ba1 before 5524cbb1bfcdff0cad0aaa9f94e6092002a07259 |
| Linux / Linux | affected 5.14; unaffected 0 before 5.14; unaffected 5.15.34 through 5.15.*; unaffected 5.16.20 through 5.16.*; unaffected 5.17.3 through 5.17.*; unaffected 5.18 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.