CVE-2021-46940

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Integer Overflow in turbostat Index Conversion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/power turbostat: Fix offset overflow issue in index converting The idx_to_offset() function returns type int (32-bit signed), but MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STAT is u32 and would be interpreted as a negative number. The end result is that it hits the if (offset < 0) check in update_msr_sum() which prevents the timer callback from updating the stat in the background when long durations are used. The similar issue exists in offset_to_idx() and update_msr_sum(). Fix this issue by converting the 'int' to 'off_t' accordingly.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.36 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.20 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.3 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - 13a779de4175df602366d129e41782ad7168cef0
Linux/Linux 9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - 337b1546cde87fb8588ddaedf0201b769baa572a
Linux/Linux 9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - dbdf22fc825fdb1d97f23230064e0f9819471628
Linux/Linux 9972d5d84d76982606806b2ce887f70c2f8ba60a - ea6803ff2cd1a2d7d880256bf562172b708a76ff
... and 1 more
Published Feb 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026