CVE-2022-49610

KVM: VMX: Prevent RSB underflow before vmenter

published February 26, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

KVM: VMX: Prevent RSB underflow before vmenter

On VMX, there are some balanced returns between the time the guest's

SPEC_CTRL value is written, and the vmenter.

Balanced returns (matched by a preceding call) are usually ok, but it's

at least theoretically possible an NMI with a deep call stack could

empty the RSB before one of the returns.

For maximum paranoia, don't allow *any* returns (balanced or otherwise)

between the SPEC_CTRL write and the vmenter.

[ bp: Fix 32-bit build. ]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00230 · 13.1th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:23Z
    KVM: VMX: Prevent RSB underflow before vmenter
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