CVE-2021-47187

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Incorrect CPU/L2 Idle State Timings

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency The entry/exit latency and minimum residency in state for the idle states of MSM8998 were ..bad: first of all, for all of them the timings were written for CPU sleep but the min-residency-us param was miscalculated (supposedly, while porting this from downstream); Then, the power collapse states are setting PC on both the CPU cluster *and* the L2 cache, which have different timings: in the specific case of L2 the times are higher so these ones should be taken into account instead of the CPU ones. This parameter misconfiguration was not giving particular issues because on MSM8998 there was no CPU scaling at all, so cluster/L2 power collapse was rarely (if ever) hit. When CPU scaling is enabled, though, the wrong timings will produce SoC unstability shown to the user as random, apparently error-less, sudden reboots and/or lockups. This set of parameters are stabilizing the SoC when CPU scaling is ON and when power collapse is frequently hit.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.2%
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

Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.3
Linux/Linux 5.10.82 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.5 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.3
Linux/Linux 5.4.162 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux c3083c80b52c4e29b65ed838d2e66a91b13a3152 - 118c826ef8b43efe0fda8faf419673707ee8c5e5
Linux/Linux c3083c80b52c4e29b65ed838d2e66a91b13a3152 - 3f1dcaff642e75c1d2ad03f783fa8a3b1f56dd50
Linux/Linux c3083c80b52c4e29b65ed838d2e66a91b13a3152 - a14d7038ea201c5526375becfc43b9ba281b1e82
Linux/Linux c3083c80b52c4e29b65ed838d2e66a91b13a3152 - e52fecdd0c142b95c720683885b06ee3f0e065c8
... and 1 more
Published Apr 10, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026