CVE-2023-53859
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/12/2025
Last modified:
09/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
s390/idle: mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr<br />
<br />
linux-next commit ("cpuidle: tracing: Warn about !rcu_is_watching()")<br />
adds a new warning which hits on s390&#39;s arch_cpu_idle() function:<br />
<br />
RCU not on for: arch_cpu_idle+0x0/0x28<br />
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at include/linux/trace_recursion.h:162 arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258<br />
Modules linked in:<br />
CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230202 #4<br />
Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (z/VM 7.3.0)<br />
Krnl PSW : 0404d00180000000 00000000002b55c0 (arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258)<br />
R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:1 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3<br />
Krnl GPRS: c0000000ffffbfff 0000000080000002 0000000000000026 0000000000000000<br />
0000037ffffe3a28 0000037ffffe3a20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000<br />
0000000000000000 0000000000f4acf6 00000000001044f0 0000037ffffe3cb0<br />
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000002b55bc 0000037ffffe3bb8<br />
Krnl Code: 00000000002b55b0: c02000840051 larl %r2,0000000001335652<br />
00000000002b55b6: c0e5fff512d1 brasl %r14,0000000000157b58<br />
#00000000002b55bc: af000000 mc 0,0<br />
>00000000002b55c0: a7f4ffe7 brc 15,00000000002b558e<br />
00000000002b55c4: 0707 bcr 0,%r7<br />
00000000002b55c6: 0707 bcr 0,%r7<br />
00000000002b55c8: eb6ff0480024 stmg %r6,%r15,72(%r15)<br />
00000000002b55ce: b90400ef lgr %r14,%r15<br />
Call Trace:<br />
[] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258<br />
([] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258)<br />
[] ftrace_common+0x1c/0x20<br />
[] arch_cpu_idle+0x6/0x28<br />
[] default_idle_call+0x76/0x128<br />
[] do_idle+0xf4/0x1b0<br />
[] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40<br />
[] smp_start_secondary+0x140/0x150<br />
[] restart_int_handler+0x6e/0x90<br />
<br />
Mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr like all other architectures with<br />
CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR (should) have it to fix this.



