CVE-2023-52740
Published: May 21, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch The RFI and STF security mitigation options can flip the interrupt_exit_not_reentrant static branch condition concurrently with the interrupt exit code which tests that branch. Interrupt exit tests this condition to set MSR[EE|RI] for exit, then again in the case a soft-masked interrupt is found pending, to recover the MSR so the interrupt can be replayed before attempting to exit again. If the condition changes between these two tests, the MSR and irq soft-mask state will become corrupted, leading to warnings and possible crashes. For example, if the branch is initially true then false, MSR[EE] will be 0 but PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS clear and EE may not get enabled, leading to warnings in irq_64.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 - < 86f7e423933608d536015a0f2eb9e0338c1227e0affected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 - < 6f097c24815e67909a1fcc2c605586d02babd673affected 13799748b957bc5659f97c036224b0f4b42172e2 - < 2ea31e2e62bbc4d11c411eeb36f1b02841dbcab1 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.14unaffected 0 - < 5.14unaffected 5.15.94 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.12 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.2 - <= * |
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