5.5

CVE-2022-49090

arch/arm64: Fix topology initialization for core scheduling

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

arch/arm64: Fix topology initialization for core scheduling

Arm64 systems rely on store_cpu_topology() to call update_siblings_masks()
to transfer the toplogy to the various cpu masks. This needs to be done
before the call to notify_cpu_starting() which tells the scheduler about
each cpu found, otherwise the core scheduling data structures are setup
in a way that does not match the actual topology.

With smt_mask not setup correctly we bail on `cpumask_weight(smt_mask) == 1`
for !leaders in:

 notify_cpu_starting()
   cpuhp_invoke_callback_range()
     sched_cpu_starting()
       sched_core_cpu_starting()

which leads to rq->core not being correctly set for !leader-rq's.

Without this change stress-ng (which enables core scheduling in its prctl
tests in newer versions -- i.e. with PR_SCHED_CORE support) causes a warning
and then a crash (trimmed for legibility):

[ 1853.805168] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1853.809784] task_rq(b)->core != rq->core
[ 1853.809792] WARNING: CPU: 117 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/fair.c:11102 cfs_prio_less+0x1b4/0x1c4
...
[ 1854.015210] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010
...
[ 1854.231256] Call trace:
[ 1854.233689]  pick_next_task+0x3dc/0x81c
[ 1854.237512]  __schedule+0x10c/0x4cc
[ 1854.240988]  schedule_idle+0x34/0x54
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.14 < 5.15.34
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.16.20
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.17 < 5.17.3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.18 Updaterc1
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.23% 0.139
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5524cbb1bfcdff0cad0aaa9f94e6092002a07259
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790c1567582bda8f1153015436e3330a7c6eb278
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f5d66daa5f457449bb95d6b8d18bb7596aa627
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c78a1b2d0bff678570c8dc9f14035606f5e5257d
Patch