In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iocost: Fix divide-by-zero on donation from low hweight cgroup
The donation calculation logic assumes that the donor has non-zero
after-donation hweight, so the lowest active hweight a donating cgroup can
have is 2 so that it can donate 1 while keeping the other 1 for itself.
Earlier, we only donated from cgroups with sizable surpluses so this
condition was always true. However, with the precise donation algorithm
implemented, f1de2439ec43 ("blk-iocost: revamp donation amount
determination") made the donation amount calculation exact enabling even low
hweight cgroups to donate.
This means that in rare occasions, a cgroup with active hweight of 1 can
enter donation calculation triggering the following warning and then a
divide-by-zero oops.
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 0 at block/blk-iocost.c:1928 transfer_surpluses.cold+0x0/0x53 [884/94867]
...
RIP: 0010:transfer_surpluses.cold+0x0/0x53
Code: 92 ff 48 c7 c7 28 d1 ab b5 65 48 8b 34 25 00 ae 01 00 48 81 c6 90 06 00 00 e8 8b 3f fe ff 48 c7 c0 ea ff ff ff e9 95 ff 92 ff <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 30 da ab b5 e8 71 3f fe ff 4c 89 e8 4d 85 ed 74 0
4
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
ioc_timer_fn+0x1043/0x1390
call_timer_fn+0xa1/0x2c0
__run_timers.part.0+0x1ec/0x2e0
run_timer_softirq+0x35/0x70
...
iocg: invalid donation weights in /a/b: active=1 donating=1 after=0
Fix it by excluding cgroups w/ active hweight < 2 from donating. Excluding
these extreme low hweight donations shouldn't affect work conservation in
any meaningful way.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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History
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:15:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0000
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First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T14:53:50.119Z
Updated: 2024-12-19T07:45:14.377Z
Reserved: 2024-05-24T15:11:00.731Z
Link: CVE-2021-47584
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.857Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-06-19T15:15:52.947
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:36.153
Link: CVE-2021-47584
Redhat