{"cve":"CVE-2021-46940","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-27T19:04:05.927","modified":"2026-06-17T04:15:55.530","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntools/power turbostat: Fix offset overflow issue in index converting\n\nThe idx_to_offset() function returns type int (32-bit signed), but\nMSR_PKG_ENERGY_STAT is u32 and would be interpreted as a negative number.\nThe end result is that it hits the if (offset < 0) check in update_msr_sum()\nwhich prevents the timer callback from updating the stat in the background when\nlong durations are used. The similar issue exists in offset_to_idx() and\nupdate_msr_sum(). Fix this issue by converting the 'int' to 'off_t' accordingly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-190"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13a779de4175df602366d129e41782ad7168cef0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/337b1546cde87fb8588ddaedf0201b769baa572a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbdf22fc825fdb1d97f23230064e0f9819471628","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6803ff2cd1a2d7d880256bf562172b708a76ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13a779de4175df602366d129e41782ad7168cef0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-46940","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12815,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}