4.4

CVE-2021-47185

tty: tty_buffer: Fix the softlockup issue in flush_to_ldisc

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tty: tty_buffer: Fix the softlockup issue in flush_to_ldisc

When running ltp testcase(ltp/testcases/kernel/pty/pty04.c) with arm64, there is a soft lockup,
which look like this one:

  Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
  Call trace:
   dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1ec
   show_stack+0x24/0x30
   dump_stack+0xd0/0x128
   panic+0x15c/0x374
   watchdog_timer_fn+0x2b8/0x304
   __run_hrtimer+0x88/0x2c0
   __hrtimer_run_queues+0xa4/0x120
   hrtimer_interrupt+0xfc/0x270
   arch_timer_handler_phys+0x40/0x50
   handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x94/0x220
   __handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0
   gic_handle_irq+0x84/0xfc
   el1_irq+0xc8/0x180
   slip_unesc+0x80/0x214 [slip]
   tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x64/0x80
   tty_port_default_receive_buf+0x50/0x90
   flush_to_ldisc+0xbc/0x110
   process_one_work+0x1d4/0x4b0
   worker_thread+0x180/0x430
   kthread+0x11c/0x120

In the testcase pty04, The first process call the write syscall to send
data to the pty master. At the same time, the workqueue will do the
flush_to_ldisc to pop data in a loop until there is no more data left.
When the sender and workqueue running in different core, the sender sends
data fastly in full time which will result in workqueue doing work in loop
for a long time and occuring softlockup in flush_to_ldisc with kernel
configured without preempt. So I add need_resched check and cond_resched
in the flush_to_ldisc loop to avoid it.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 4.4.293
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.5 < 4.9.291
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.10 < 4.14.256
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.15 < 4.19.218
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.162
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.82
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.5
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.18% 0.075
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 4.4 0.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-667 Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0380f643f3a7a61b0845cdc738959c2ad5735d61
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3968ddcf05fb4b9409cd1859feb06a5b0550a1c1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c1623651a0936ee197859824cdae6ebbd04d3ed
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f300f47dbcf9c3d4b2ea76c8554c8f360400725
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c34486f04700f1ba04907231dce0cc2705c2d7d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e9fed33056f2a88eba9dd4d2d5412f0c7d1f41
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ffc16ec05ae40d82b6e373322d62e9d6b54fbc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d491c84df5c469dd9621863b6a770b3428137063
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