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Un load_balance() exitoso lo restablece a 0; uno fallido lo incrementa. Una vez que llegue a sd-&gt;cache_nice_tries + 3, esto *deber\u00eda* activar un saldo activo, que lo establecer\u00e1 en sd-&gt;cache_nice_tries+1 o lo restablecer\u00e1 a 0. Sin embargo, en caso de que el saldo est\u00e9 activo La tarea no puede ejecutarse en env-&gt;dst_cpu, entonces el incremento se realiza sin ninguna modificaci\u00f3n adicional. Esto podr\u00eda repetirse hasta la saciedad y explicar\u00eda los valores absurdamente altos informados por syzbot (86, 149). VincentG se\u00f1al\u00f3 que es valioso dejar que sd-&gt;cache_nice_tries crezca, por lo que el cambio en s\u00ed deber\u00eda corregirse. Eso significa evitar: \"\"\" Si el valor del operando derecho es negativo o es mayor o igual que el ancho del operando izquierdo promocionado, el comportamiento no est\u00e1 definido. \"\"\" Por lo tanto, debemos limitar el exponente de desplazamiento a BITS_PER_TYPE( typeof(lefthand)) - 1. 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: sched/fair: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in load_balance()", "id": "2267012", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267012"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-125", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nsched/fair: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in load_balance()\nSyzbot reported a handful of occurrences where an sd->nr_balance_failed can\ngrow to much higher values than one would expect.\nA successful load_balance() resets it to 0; a failed one increments\nit. Once it gets to sd->cache_nice_tries + 3, this *should* trigger an\nactive balance, which will either set it to sd->cache_nice_tries+1 or reset\nit to 0. However, in case the to-be-active-balanced task is not allowed to\nrun on env->dst_cpu, then the increment is done without any further\nmodification.\nThis could then be repeated ad nauseam, and would explain the absurdly high\nvalues reported by syzbot (86, 149). VincentG noted there is value in\nletting sd->cache_nice_tries grow, so the shift itself should be\nfixed. That means preventing:\n\"\"\"\nIf the value of the right operand is negative or is greater than or equal\nto the width of the promoted left operand, the behavior is undefined.\n\"\"\"\nThus we need to cap the shift exponent to\nBITS_PER_TYPE(typeof(lefthand)) - 1.\nI had a look around for other similar cases via coccinelle:\n@expr@\nposition pos;\nexpression E1;\nexpression E2;\n@@\n(\nE1 >> E2@pos\n|\nE1 >> E2@pos\n)\n@cst depends on expr@\nposition pos;\nexpression expr.E1;\nconstant cst;\n@@\n(\nE1 >> cst@pos\n|\nE1 << cst@pos\n)\n@script:python depends on !cst@\npos << expr.pos;\nexp << expr.E2;\n@@\n# Dirty hack to ignore constexpr\nif exp.upper() != exp:\ncoccilib.report.print_report(pos[0], \"Possible UB shift here\")\nThe only other match in kernel/sched is rq_clock_thermal() which employs\nsched_thermal_decay_shift, and that exponent is already capped to 10, so\nthat one is fine.", "A shift-out-of-bounds vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, which affects the load_balance() function in the sched/fair component, and is caused when the to-be-active-balanced task is not allowed to run on env->dst_cpu, allowing the sd->nr_balance_failed value to grow exceedingly large."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability."}, "name": "CVE-2021-47044", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-02-28T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47044\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47044\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022839-CVE-2021-47044-2e16@gregkh/T/#u"], "statement": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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