CVE-2022-49955

EUVD-2022-55237
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell

The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS (firmware)
cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace:

  kernel tried to execute user page (2fff01a8) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
  BUG: Unable to handle kernel instruction fetch
  Faulting instruction address: 0x2fff01a8
  Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
  BE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=4 NUMA Cell
  Modules linked in:
  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G        W          6.0.0-rc2-00433-gede0a8d3307a #207
  NIP:  000000002fff01a8 LR: 0000000000032608 CTR: 0000000000000000
  REGS: c0000000015236b0 TRAP: 0400   Tainted: G        W           (6.0.0-rc2-00433-gede0a8d3307a)
  MSR:  0000000008001002 <ME,RI>  CR: 00000000  XER: 20000000
  ...
  NIP 0x2fff01a8
  LR  0x32608
  Call Trace:
    0xc00000000143c5f8 (unreliable)
    .rtas_call+0x224/0x320
    .rtas_get_boot_time+0x70/0x150
    .read_persistent_clock64+0x114/0x140
    .read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset+0x24/0x80
    .timekeeping_init+0x40/0x29c
    .start_kernel+0x674/0x8f0
    start_here_common+0x1c/0x50

Unlike PAPR platforms where RTAS is only used in guests, on the IBM Cell
machines Linux runs with MSR[HV] set but also uses RTAS, provided by
SLOF.

Fix it by copying the MSR[HV] bit from the MSR value we've just read
using mfmsr into the value used for RTAS.

It seems like we could also fix it using an #ifdef CELL to set MSR[HV],
but that doesn't work because it's possible to build a single kernel
image that runs on both Cell native and pseries.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15.46 ≤
𝑥
< 5.16
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17.14 ≤
𝑥
< 5.18
linuxlinux_kernel
5.18.3 ≤
𝑥
< 5.19.8
linuxlinux_kernel
6.0:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.0:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.0:rc3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.137-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.140-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
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bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
sid
6.12.32-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.32-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.31-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
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