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CVE-2023-53656
drivers/perf: hisi: Don't migrate perf to the CPU going to teardown
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/perf: hisi: Don't migrate perf to the CPU going to teardown The driver needs to migrate the perf context if the current using CPU going to teardown. By the time calling the cpuhp::teardown() callback the cpu_online_mask() hasn't updated yet and still includes the CPU going to teardown. In current driver's implementation we may migrate the context to the teardown CPU and leads to the below calltrace: ... [ 368.104662][ T932] task:cpuhp/0 state:D stack: 0 pid: 15 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008 [ 368.113699][ T932] Call trace: [ 368.116834][ T932] __switch_to+0x7c/0xbc [ 368.120924][ T932] __schedule+0x338/0x6f0 [ 368.125098][ T932] schedule+0x50/0xe0 [ 368.128926][ T932] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24 [ 368.134229][ T932] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x1d4/0x5dc [ 368.139617][ T932] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30 [ 368.144573][ T932] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60 [ 368.148579][ T932] perf_pmu_migrate_context+0x84/0x2b0 [ 368.153884][ T932] hisi_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu+0x90/0xe0 [hisi_pcie_pmu] [ 368.160579][ T932] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2a0/0x650 [ 368.165707][ T932] cpuhp_thread_fun+0xe4/0x190 [ 368.170316][ T932] smpboot_thread_fn+0x15c/0x1a0 [ 368.175099][ T932] kthread+0x108/0x13c [ 368.179012][ T932] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 ... Use function cpumask_any_but() to find one correct active cpu to fixes this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 7, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 8, 2025, 7:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
Solution
Address race condition by correctly migrating perf context away from CPUs undergoing teardown.
  • Use cpumask_any_but() to select a valid CPU for migration.
  • Ensure perf context is not migrated to a CPU going offline.
  • Update the Linux kernel to the latest version.
  • Apply the provided patch for drivers/perf.
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Oct. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/perf: hisi: Don't migrate perf to the CPU going to teardown The driver needs to migrate the perf context if the current using CPU going to teardown. By the time calling the cpuhp::teardown() callback the cpu_online_mask() hasn't updated yet and still includes the CPU going to teardown. In current driver's implementation we may migrate the context to the teardown CPU and leads to the below calltrace: ... [ 368.104662][ T932] task:cpuhp/0 state:D stack: 0 pid: 15 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008 [ 368.113699][ T932] Call trace: [ 368.116834][ T932] __switch_to+0x7c/0xbc [ 368.120924][ T932] __schedule+0x338/0x6f0 [ 368.125098][ T932] schedule+0x50/0xe0 [ 368.128926][ T932] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24 [ 368.134229][ T932] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x1d4/0x5dc [ 368.139617][ T932] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30 [ 368.144573][ T932] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60 [ 368.148579][ T932] perf_pmu_migrate_context+0x84/0x2b0 [ 368.153884][ T932] hisi_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu+0x90/0xe0 [hisi_pcie_pmu] [ 368.160579][ T932] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2a0/0x650 [ 368.165707][ T932] cpuhp_thread_fun+0xe4/0x190 [ 368.170316][ T932] smpboot_thread_fn+0x15c/0x1a0 [ 368.175099][ T932] kthread+0x108/0x13c [ 368.179012][ T932] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 ... Use function cpumask_any_but() to find one correct active cpu to fixes this issue.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a6a9f1c5a0a875a421db798d4b2ee022dc1ee1a
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64569897d86b611befbb895d815280fea94e1ed
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9c8c9c84b6d25a7b7d39954030aba6f759feb6
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f564e543a43d0f1cabac791672c8a6fc78ce12d0
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