CVE-2021-46939
Published: Feb 27, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block It was reported that a fix to the ring buffer recursion detection would cause a hung machine when performing suspend / resume testing. The following backtrace was extracted from debugging that case: Call Trace: trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 __rb_reserve_next+0x237/0x460 ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x12a/0x3f0 trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x10/0x50 __trace_graph_return+0x1f/0x80 trace_graph_return+0xb7/0xf0 ? trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 ftrace_return_to_handler+0x8b/0xf0 ? pv_hash+0xa0/0xa0 return_to_handler+0x15/0x30 ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0 ? trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 ? __rb_reserve_next+0x237/0x460 ? ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x12a/0x3f0 ? trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve+0x3c/0x120 ? trace_event_buffer_reserve+0x6b/0xc0 ? trace_event_raw_event_device_pm_callback_start+0x125/0x2d0 ? dpm_run_callback+0x3b/0xc0 ? pm_ops_is_empty+0x50/0x50 ? platform_get_irq_byname_optional+0x90/0x90 ? trace_device_pm_callback_start+0x82/0xd0 ? dpm_run_callback+0x49/0xc0 With the following RIP: RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x69/0x200 Since the fix to the recursion detection would allow a single recursion to happen while tracing, this lead to the trace_clock_global() taking a spin lock and then trying to take it again: ring_buffer_lock_reserve() { trace_clock_global() { arch_spin_lock() { queued_spin_lock_slowpath() { /* lock taken */ (something else gets traced by function graph tracer) ring_buffer_lock_reserve() { trace_clock_global() { arch_spin_lock() { queued_spin_lock_slowpath() { /* DEAD LOCK! */ Tracing should *never* block, as it can lead to strange lockups like the above. Restructure the trace_clock_global() code to instead of simply taking a lock to update the recorded "prev_time" simply use it, as two events happening on two different CPUs that calls this at the same time, really doesn't matter which one goes first. Use a trylock to grab the lock for updating the prev_time, and if it fails, simply try again the next time. If it failed to be taken, that means something else is already updating it. Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212761
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 14131f2f98ac350ee9e73faed916d2238a8b6a0d - < 91ca6f6a91f679c8645d7f3307e03ce86ad518c4affected 14131f2f98ac350ee9e73faed916d2238a8b6a0d - < 859b47a43f5a0e5b9a92b621dc6ceaad39fb5c8baffected 14131f2f98ac350ee9e73faed916d2238a8b6a0d - < 1fca00920327be96f3318224f502e4d5460f9545affected 14131f2f98ac350ee9e73faed916d2238a8b6a0d - < d43d56dbf452ccecc1ec735cd4b6840118005d7caffected 14131f2f98ac350ee9e73faed916d2238a8b6a0d - < c64da3294a7d59a4bf6874c664c13be892f15f44+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.30unaffected 0 - < 2.6.30unaffected 4.4.269 - <= 4.4.*unaffected 4.9.269 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.233 - <= 4.14.*+6 more versions |
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