Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-47187
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency
The entry/exit latency and minimum residency in state for the idle
states of MSM8998 were ..bad: first of all, for all of them the
timings were written for CPU sleep but the min-residency-us param
was miscalculated (supposedly, while porting this from downstream);
Then, the power collapse states are setting PC on both the CPU
cluster *and* the L2 cache, which have different timings: in the
specific case of L2 the times are higher so these ones should be
taken into account instead of the CPU ones.
This parameter misconfiguration was not giving particular issues
because on MSM8998 there was no CPU scaling at all, so cluster/L2
power collapse was rarely (if ever) hit.
When CPU scaling is enabled, though, the wrong timings will produce
SoC unstability shown to the user as random, apparently error-less,
sudden reboots and/or lockups.
This set of parameters are stabilizing the SoC when CPU scaling is
ON and when power collapse is frequently hit.
Products affected by CVE-2021-47187
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-47187
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 12 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-47187
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2025-03-21 |
References for CVE-2021-47187
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14d7038ea201c5526375becfc43b9ba281b1e82
arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118c826ef8b43efe0fda8faf419673707ee8c5e5
arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1dcaff642e75c1d2ad03f783fa8a3b1f56dd50
arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e52fecdd0c142b95c720683885b06ee3f0e065c8
arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: Fix CPU/L2 idle state latency and residency - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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