CVE-2024-42230

MEDIUM

Linux 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: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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