CVE - CVE-2024-49856

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CVE-2024-49856	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/sgx: Fix deadlock in SGX NUMA node search When the current node doesn't have an EPC section configured by firmware and all other EPC sections are used up, CPU can get stuck inside the while loop that looks for an available EPC page from remote nodes indefinitely, leading to a soft lockup. Note how nid_of_current will never be equal to nid in that while loop because nid_of_current is not set in sgx_numa_mask. Also worth mentioning is that it's perfectly fine for the firmware not to setup an EPC section on a node. While setting up an EPC section on each node can enhance performance, it is not a requirement for functionality. Rework the loop to start and end on a node that has SGX memory. This avoids the deadlock looking for the current SGX-lacking node to show up in the loop when it never will.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f89fb4042c08fd143bfc28af08bf6c8a0197eea URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f89fb4042c08fd143bfc28af08bf6c8a0197eea MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c96d0aaabfe361fc2a11c173968dc67feadbbf URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c96d0aaabfe361fc2a11c173968dc67feadbbf MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40fb64257dab507d86b5f1f2a62f3669ef0c91a8 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40fb64257dab507d86b5f1f2a62f3669ef0c91a8 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8132510c915815e6b537ab937d94ed66893bc7b8 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8132510c915815e6b537ab937d94ed66893bc7b8 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c936844010466535bd46ea4ce4656ef17653644 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c936844010466535bd46ea4ce4656ef17653644 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb2d057539eda67ec7cfc369bf587e6518a9b99d URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb2d057539eda67ec7cfc369bf587e6518a9b99d
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20241021	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20241021)
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