CVE-2024-50115: KVM: nSVM: Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory
First published: Tue Nov 05 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory for nested SVM, as bits 4:0 of CR3 are ignored when PAE paging is used, and thus VMRUN doesn't enforce 32-byte alignment of nCR3. In the absolute worst case scenario, failure to ignore bits 4:0 can result in an out-of-bounds read, e.g. if the target page is at the end of a memslot, and the VMM isn't using guard pages. Per the APM: The CR3 register points to the base address of the page-directory-pointer table. The page-directory-pointer table is aligned on a 32-byte boundary, with the low 5 address bits 4:0 assumed to be 0. And the SDM's much more explicit: 4:0 Ignored Note, KVM gets this right when loading PDPTRs, it's only the nSVM flow that is broken.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.2<5.10.229 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.170 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.115 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.59 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.11.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc4 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4adc9b192a0815fe58a62bc0709449416cc884
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426682afec71ea3f889b972d038238807b9443e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58cb697d80e669c56197f703e188867c8c54c494
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6876793907cbe19d42e9edc8c3315a21e06c32ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ce386feb14ec9a460784fcd495d8432acce7a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f559b2e9c5c5308850544ab59396b7d53cfc67bd
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024110555-CVE-2024-50115-9fae@gregkh/T
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11486
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2323955
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