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Linux Linux — powerpc/bpf: Fix detecting BPF atomic instructions
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N L 3.3 .0019 8.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 91c960b0056672e74627776655c926388350fa30 – —
Linux 5.12 – 5.12.19
TIMELINE
May 21 Reserved by Linux
May 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2021-47317 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 3.3 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/bpf: Fix detecting BPF atomic instructions
Commit 91c960b0056672 ("bpf: Rename BPF_XADD and prepare to encode other
atomics in .imm") converted BPF_XADD to BPF_ATOMIC and added a way to
distinguish instructions based on the immediate field. Existing JIT
implementations were updated to check for the immediate field and to
reject programs utilizing anything more than BPF_ADD (such as BPF_FETCH)
in the immediate field.
However, the check added to powerpc64 JIT did not look at the correct
BPF instruction. Due to this, such programs would be accepted and
incorrectly JIT'ed resulting in soft lockups, as seen with the atomic
bounds test. Fix this by looking at the correct immediate value.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2021-47317 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 3.3 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 91c960b0056672e74627776655c926388350fa30 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.12 | 5.12.19 |
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