CVE-2024-42230
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.9-6.1.97, 6.2-6.6.38, 6.7-6.9.8 - Denial of Service via kexec AIL Disablement
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Fix scv instruction crash with kexec kexec on pseries disables AIL (reloc_on_exc), required for scv instruction support, before other CPUs have been shut down. This means they can execute scv instructions after AIL is disabled, which causes an interrupt at an unexpected entry location that crashes the kernel. Change the kexec sequence to disable AIL after other CPUs have been brought down. As a refresher, the real-mode scv interrupt vector is 0x17000, and the fixed-location head code probably couldn't easily deal with implementing such high addresses so it was just decided not to support that interrupt at all.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
10.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel
5.9.0 - 6.1.98linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.39linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.9linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.9
Linux/Linux
5.9
Linux/Linux
6.1.98 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.10
Linux/Linux
6.6.39 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux
6.9.9 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux
7fa95f9adaee7e5cbb195d3359741120829e488b - 21a741eb75f80397e5f7d3739e24d7d75e619011
... and 5 more
Published
Jul 30, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026