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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-52942

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 3/27/2025 1:15:44 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

cgroup/cpuset: Fix wrong check in update_parent_subparts_cpumask()

It was found that the check to see if a partition could use up all
the cpus from the parent cpuset in update_parent_subparts_cpumask()
was incorrect. As a result, it is possible to leave parent with no
effective cpu left even if there are tasks in the parent cpuset. This
can lead to system panic as reported in [1].

Fix this probem by updating the check to fail the enabling the partition
if parent's effective_cpus is a subset of the child's cpus_allowed.

Also record the error code when an error happens in update_prstate()
and add a test case where parent partition and child have the same cpu
list and parent has task. Enabling partition in the child will fail in
this case.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/cgroups/msg36254.html
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2ab7f2cf5ef8f0c6212a246e681d1fe358cec1f
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ae8803847b80fe9d744a3174abe2b7bfed222a