CVE-2021-46928
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.10.90 - Improper Exception Handling
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap When a trap 7 (Instruction access rights) occurs, this means the CPU couldn't execute an instruction due to missing execute permissions on the memory region. In this case it seems the CPU didn't even fetched the instruction from memory and thus did not store it in the cr19 (IIR) register before calling the trap handler. So, the trap handler will find some random old stale value in cr19. This patch simply overwrites the stale IIR value with a constant magic "bad food" value (0xbaadf00d), in the hope people don't start to try to understand the various random IIR values in trap 7 dumps.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.10.90
Timeline
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026