posix-cpu-timers: Use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
posix-cpu-timers: Use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()
update_rlimit_cpu() converts the RLIMIT_CPU value to nanoseconds with
u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
On 32-bit kernels both rlim_new (unsigned long) and NSEC_PER_SEC
(1000000000L) are 32-bit, so the multiplication is performed in unsigned
long and truncated for rlim_new > 4 seconds before being widened to u64.
The same file already casts to u64 for the matching computation in
check_process_timers():
u64 softns = (u64)soft * NSEC_PER_SEC;
As a result, the truncated value is installed into the CPUCLOCK_PROF
expiry cache (nextevt), causing the process CPU timer to be programmed
to fire prematurely for any RLIMIT_CPU soft limit >= 5 seconds. The
actual SIGXCPU/SIGKILL decision in check_process_timers() already casts
to u64 and is therefore correct, so limit enforcement is not broken;
only the expiry-cache programming is wrong. Apply the same cast here so
both paths convert rlim_cur identically.
64-bit kernels are unaffected.
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fafc4d9b411645eb34de43362b966dc8fb3e263https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26aff38fefb1d6cd87e22525f41cc8f1aa61b24fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/384628d6cdde0fcd76868606fad3ad8293100afbhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571e1f10b5996ba3e4dc63ea77de4aa309c384cehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8281bacd2866767e6194c3079d33b6c5a74f4https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6a188ee805e841a0e242f14d15953e0dfa74bbhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf6babb9edd2d3e19229ade339081f439d4f478https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feb5c87c8514444ba891b75a5a3eae57c64edaf8