CVE-2021-46953

ACPI: GTDT: Don't corrupt interrupt mappings on watchdow probe failure

Published Feb 27, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPI: GTDT: Don't corrupt interrupt mappings on watchdow probe failure

When failing the driver probe because of invalid firmware properties,
the GTDT driver unmaps the interrupt that it mapped earlier.

However, it never checks whether the mapping of the interrupt actially
succeeded. Even more, should the firmware report an illegal interrupt
number that overlaps with the GIC SGI range, this can result in an
IPI being unmapped, and subsequent fireworks (as reported by Dann
Frazier).

Rework the driver to have a slightly saner behaviour and actually
check whether the interrupt has been mapped before unmapping things.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:45 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024, 1:45 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2024, 7:04 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:15 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 27, 2024, 12:00 AM