CVE-2021-47429

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El controlador de verificaci\u00f3n de la m\u00e1quina no se considera NMI en 64s. El controlador inicial es el verdadero controlador NMI y luego programa el controlador machine_check_exception para que se ejecute cuando las interrupciones est\u00e9n habilitadas. Esto funciona bien excepto en el caso de un MCE irrecuperable, donde el NMI verdadero se toma cuando MSR[RI] est\u00e1 claro, no se puede recuperar, por lo que llama a machine_check_exception directamente para que se pueda hacer algo al respecto. Llamar a un controlador as\u00edncrono desde el contexto NMI puede provocar que el estado irq y otras cosas se corrompan. Esto tambi\u00e9n puede desencadenar el ERROR en arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h:168 BUG_ON(!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs) && !(regs->msr & MSR_EE)); Solucione este problema creando una versi\u00f3n _async del controlador que se llama en el caso normal, y una versi\u00f3n NMI que se llama para interrupciones irrecuperables."}], "id": "CVE-2021-47429", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:17:27.073", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2021-47429", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2024-05-22T18:57:20.280954Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2024-05-21T15:15:28.303", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a8e38999fbd6910516e44cb43f9f4317e54f73"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08fb25bc66986b0952724530a640d9970fa52c1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a8e38999fbd6910516e44cb43f9f4317e54f73"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08fb25bc66986b0952724530a640d9970fa52c1"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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