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

mptcp: fix soft lookup in subflow_error_report()

Maxim reported a soft lookup in subflow_error_report():

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [swapper/0:0]
RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
RSP: 0018:ffffa859c0003bc0 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000101 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff9195c2772d88 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9195c2772d88
RBP: ffff9195c2772d00 R08: 00000000000067b0 R09: c6e31da9eb1e44f4
R10: ffff9195ef379700 R11: ffff9195edb50710 R12: ffff9195c2772d88
R13: ffff9195f500e3d0 R14: ffff9195ef379700 R15: ffff9195ef379700
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff91961f400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000c000407000 CR3: 0000000002988000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
_raw_spin_lock_bh
subflow_error_report
mptcp_subflow_data_available
__mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow
mptcp_data_ready
tcp_data_queue
tcp_rcv_established
tcp_v4_do_rcv
tcp_v4_rcv
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu
ip_local_deliver_finish
__netif_receive_skb_one_core
netif_receive_skb
rtl8139_poll 8139too
__napi_poll
net_rx_action
__do_softirq
__irq_exit_rcu
common_interrupt
</IRQ>

The calling function - mptcp_subflow_data_available() - can be invoked
from different contexts:
- plain ssk socket lock
- ssk socket lock + mptcp_data_lock
- ssk socket lock + mptcp_data_lock + msk socket lock.

Since subflow_error_report() tries to acquire the mptcp_data_lock, the
latter two call chains will cause soft lookup.

This change addresses the issue moving the error reporting call to
outer functions, where the held locks list is known and the we can
acquire only the needed one.
History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics ssvc

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-07T19:56:57.419Z

Reserved: 2024-04-10T18:59:19.532Z

Link: CVE-2021-47242

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Updated: 2024-08-04T05:32:07.921Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-21T15:15:13.327

Modified: 2025-04-04T14:30:32.843

Link: CVE-2021-47242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47242 - Bugzilla

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