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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-52942: Important priority package update for kernel

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 27, 2025
Added
Jun 11, 2025
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cgroup/cpuset: Fix wrong check in update_parent_subparts_cpumask()
It was found that the check to see if a partition could use up all
the cpus from the parent cpuset in update_parent_subparts_cpumask()
was incorrect. As a result, it is possible to leave parent with no
effective cpu left even if there are tasks in the parent cpuset. This
can lead to system panic as reported in [1].
Fix this probem by updating the check to fail the enabling the partition
if parent's effective_cpus is a subset of the child's cpus_allowed.
Also record the error code when an error happens in update_prstate()
and add a test case where parent partition and child have the same cpu
list and parent has task. Enabling partition in the child will fail in
this case.
[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/cgroups/msg36254.html

Solutions

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