CVE-2022-49804

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390: avoid using global register for current_stack_pointer

Commit 30de14b1884b ("s390: current_stack_pointer shouldn't be a function") made current_stack_pointer a global register variable like on many other architectures. Unfortunately on s390 it uncovers old gcc bug which is fixed only since gcc-9.1 [gcc commit 3ad7fed1cc87 ("S/390: Fix PR89775. Stackpointer save/restore instructions removed")] and backported to gcc-8.4 and later. Due to this bug gcc versions prior to 8.4 generate broken code which leads to stack corruptions.

Current minimal gcc version required to build the kernel is declared as 5.1. It is not possible to fix all old gcc versions, so work around this problem by avoiding using global register variable for current_stack_pointer.

This vulnerability is rated with a Moderate severity because it requires local access and is architecture-specific to IBM zSystems (s390x), limiting the overall blast radius to a local denial of service. On affected s390x platforms, improper stack pointer management can lead to kernel stack corruption and cause a system crash. Systems running on other hardware architectures are not exposed to this flaw.

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