🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 LoongArch 아키텍처에서 ACPI MADT 테이블을 파싱할 때 배열 범위 초과(Buffer Overflow)가 발생할 수 있는 취약점입니다. 기본 설정된 CPU 개수(NR_CPUS)보다 많은 물리적 코드를 가진 하드웨어 플랫폼에서 시스템이 충돌(Crash)하며 부팅에 실패할 수 있습니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
컴퓨터의 두뇌 역할을 하는 CPU 개수가 설정된 한계보다 많을 경우, 시스템이 이를 처리하지 못하고 갑자기 꺼져버리는 문제입니다. 하드웨어의 실제 성능을 제대로 인식하지 못해 발생하는 오류입니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
LoongArch: Change acpi_core_pic[NR_CPUS] to acpi_core_pic[MAX_CORE_PIC]
With default config, the value of NR_CPUS is 64. When HW platform has
more then 64 cpus, system will crash on these platforms. MAX_CORE_PIC
is the maximum cpu number in MADT table (max physical number) which can
exceed the supported maximum cpu number (NR_CPUS, max logical number),
but kernel should not crash. Kernel should boot cpus with NR_CPUS, let
the remainder cpus stay in BIOS.
The potential crash reason is that the array acpi_core_pic[NR_CPUS] can
be overflowed when parsing MADT table, and it is obvious that CORE_PIC
should be corresponding to physical core rather than logical core, so it
is better to define the array as acpi_core_pic[MAX_CORE_PIC].
With the patch, system can boot up 64 vcpus with qemu parameter -smp 128,
otherwise system will crash with the following message.
[ 0.000000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000420000004259, era == 90000000037a5f0c, ra == 90000000037a46ec
[ 0.000000] Oops[#1]:
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2+ #192
[ 0.000000] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022
[ 0.000000] pc 90000000037a5f0c ra 90000000037a46ec tp 9000000003c90000 sp 9000000003c93d60
[ 0.000000] a0 0000000000000019 a1 9000000003d93bc0 a2 0000000000000000 a3 9000000003c93bd8
[ 0.000000] a4 9000000003c93a74 a5 9000000083c93a67 a6 9000000003c938f0 a7 0000000000000005
[ 0.000000] t0 0000420000004201 t1 0000000000000000 t2 0000000000000001 t3 0000000000000001
[ 0.000000] t4 0000000000000003 t5 0000000000000000 t6 0000000000000030 t7 0000000000000063
[ 0.000000] t8 0000000000000014 u0 ffffffffffffffff s9 0000000000000000 s0 9000000003caee98
[ 0.000000] s1 90000000041b0480 s2 9000000003c93da0 s3 9000000003c93d98 s4 9000000003c93d90
[ 0.000000] s5 9000000003caa000 s6 000000000a7fd000 s7 000000000f556b60 s8 000000000e0a4330
[ 0.000000] ra: 90000000037a46ec platform_init+0x214/0x250
[ 0.000000] ERA: 90000000037a5f0c efi_runtime_init+0x30/0x94
[ 0.000000] CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE)
[ 0.000000] PRMD: 00000000 (PPLV0 -PIE -PWE)
[ 0.000000] EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE)
[ 0.000000] ECFG: 00070800 (LIE=11 VS=7)
[ 0.000000] ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0)
[ 0.000000] BADV: 0000420000004259
[ 0.000000] PRID: 0014c010 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A5000)
[ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
[ 0.000000] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=(____ptrval____), task=(____ptrval____))
[ 0.000000] Stack : 9000000003c93a14 9000000003800898 90000000041844f8 90000000037a46ec
[ 0.000000] 000000000a7fd000 0000000008290000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000019d8000 000000000f556b60
[ 0.000000] 000000000a7fd000 000000000f556b08 9000000003ca7700 9000000003800000
[ 0.000000] 9000000003c93e50 9000000003800898 9000000003800108 90000000037a484c
[ 0.000000] 000000000e0a4330 000000000f556b60 000000000a7fd000 000000000f556b08
[ 0.000000] 9000000003ca7700 9000000004184000 0000000000200000 000000000e02b018
[ 0.000000] 000000000a7fd000 90000000037a0790 9000000003800108 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 000000000e0a4330 000000000f556b60 000000000a7fd000
[ 0.000000] 000000000f556b08 000000000eaae298 000000000eaa5040 0000000000200000
[ 0.000000] ...
[ 0.000000] Call Trace:
[ 0.000000] [<90000000037a5f0c>] efi_runtime_init+0x30/0x94
[ 0.000000] [<90000000037a46ec>] platform_init+0x214/0x250
[ 0.000000] [<90000000037a484c>] setup_arch+0x124/0x45c
[ 0.000000] [<90000000037a0790>] start_kernel+0x90/0x670
[ 0.000000] [<900000000378b0d8>] kernel_entry+0xd8/0xdc
📍 영향받는 시스템
LoongArch 아키텍처를 사용하는 Linux 커널 (특히 NR_CPUS가 64로 설정된 환경)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
물리적으로 많은 수의 CPU를 탑재한 하드웨어 환경에서 시스템 부팅 시 발생 (Denial of Service)
🛡️ 대응 방법
acpi_core_pic 배열 크기를 NR_CPUS에서 MAX_CORE_PIC으로 변경하는 커널 패치를 적용하십시오.
🔧 검증 코드
출력 결과에 LoongArch 관련 커널 버전이 표시되는지 확인하고, 해당 커널이 최신 보안 패치가 적용된 버전인지 검토하십시오.
uname -a | grep -i 'loongarch'