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CVE-2021-46940

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CVE-2021-46940

Published: Feb 27, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/power turbostat: Fix offset overflow issue in index converting The idx_to_offset() function returns type int (32-bit signed), but MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STAT is u32 and would be interpreted as a negative number. The end result is that it hits the if (offset < 0) check in update_msr_sum() which prevents the timer callback from updating the stat in the background when long durations are used. The similar issue exists in offset_to_idx() and update_msr_sum(). Fix this issue by converting the 'int' to 'off_t' accordingly.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - < ea6803ff2cd1a2d7d880256bf562172b708a76ff
affected
9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - < dbdf22fc825fdb1d97f23230064e0f9819471628
affected
9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - < 337b1546cde87fb8588ddaedf0201b769baa572a
affected
9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - < 13a779de4175df602366d129e41782ad7168cef0

Linux

Linux

affected
5.10
unaffected
0 - < 5.10
unaffected
5.10.36 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.11.20 - <= 5.11.*
unaffected
5.12.3 - <= 5.12.*

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