CVE-2024-45817

x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error()

High · published September 25, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In x86's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) architecture,

error conditions are reported in a status register. Furthermore, the OS

can opt to receive an interrupt when a new error occurs.

It is possible to configure the error interrupt with an illegal vector,

which generates an error when an error interrupt is raised.

This case causes Xen to recurse through vlapic_error(). The recursion

itself is bounded; errors accumulate in the the status register and only

generate an interrupt when a new status bit becomes set.

However, the lock protecting this state in Xen will try to be taken

recursively, and deadlock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00544 · 44.9th percentile
Published
2024-09-25T10:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 10:31Z
    x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error()
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