In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tools/power turbostat: Fix offset overflow issue in index converting

The idx_to_offset() function returns type int (32-bit signed), but
MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STAT is u32 and would be interpreted as a negative number.
The end result is that it hits the if (offset < 0) check in update_msr_sum()
which prevents the timer callback from updating the stat in the background when
long durations are used. The similar issue exists in offset_to_idx() and
update_msr_sum(). Fix this issue by converting the 'int' to 'off_t' accordingly.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:00:44.951Z

Reserved: 2024-02-25T13:45:52.721Z

Link: CVE-2021-46940

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.991Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-27T19:04:05.927

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:34:58.963

Link: CVE-2021-46940

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2024-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-46940 - Bugzilla

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