CVE-2024-55881
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
KVM: x86: Play nice with protected guests in complete_hypercall_exit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Play nice with protected guests in complete_hypercall_exit() Use is_64_bit_hypercall() instead of is_64_bit_mode() to detect a 64-bit hypercall when completing said hypercall. For guests with protected state, e.g. SEV-ES and SEV-SNP, KVM must assume the hypercall was made in 64-bit mode as the vCPU state needed to detect 64-bit mode is unavailable. Hacking the sev_smoke_test selftest to generate a KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE hypercall via VMGEXIT trips the WARN: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 273 PID: 326626 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.h:180 complete_hypercall_exit+0x44/0xe0 [kvm] Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm ... [last unloaded: kvm] CPU: 273 UID: 0 PID: 326626 Comm: sev_smoke_test Not tainted 6.12.0-smp--392e932fa0f3-feat #470 Hardware name: Google Astoria/astoria, BIOS 0.20240617.0-0 06/17/2024 RIP: 0010:complete_hypercall_exit+0x44/0xe0 [kvm] Call Trace: <TASK> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x2400/0x2720 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x54f/0x630 [kvm] __se_sys_ioctl+0x6b/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x83/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5969e2435cbd7f0ce8c28d717bfc39987ee8d8f1 | affected | git | 0840d360a8909c722fb62459f42836afe32ededb | Unavailable | None listed |
| b5aead0064f33ae5e693a364e3204fe1c0ac9af2 | affected | git | 7ed4db315094963de0678a8adfd43c46471b9349 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b5aead0064f33ae5e693a364e3204fe1c0ac9af2 | affected | git | 3d2634ec0d1dbe8f4b511cf5261f327c6a76f4b6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b5aead0064f33ae5e693a364e3204fe1c0ac9af2 | affected | git | 22b5c2acd65dbe949032f619d4758a35a82fffc3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b5aead0064f33ae5e693a364e3204fe1c0ac9af2 | affected | git | 9b42d1e8e4fe9dc631162c04caa69b0d1860b0f0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.5 | affected | semver | 5.15.176 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.16 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.16 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.176 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.122 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.68 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.7 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |