CVE-2024-35801

x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD

High · published May 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD

Commit 672365477ae8 ("x86/fpu: Update XFD state where required") and

commit 8bf26758ca96 ("x86/fpu: Add XFD state to fpstate") introduced a

per CPU variable xfd_state to keep the MSR_IA32_XFD value cached, in

order to avoid unnecessary writes to the MSR.

On CPU hotplug MSR_IA32_XFD is reset to the init_fpstate.xfd, which

wipes out any stale state. But the per CPU cached xfd value is not

reset, which brings them out of sync.

As a consequence a subsequent xfd_update_state() might fail to update

the MSR which in turn can result in XRSTOR raising a #NM in kernel

space, which crashes the kernel.

To fix this, introduce xfd_set_state() to write xfd_state together

with MSR_IA32_XFD, and use it in all places that set MSR_IA32_XFD.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.6th percentile
Published
2024-05-17T13:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 13:23Z
    x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD
    cvelistv5