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CVE-2024-50193

x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return CPU buffers are currently cleared after call to exc_nmi, but before register state is restored. This may be okay for MDS mitigation but not for RDFS. Because RDFS mitigation requires CPU buffers to be cleared when registers don't have any sensitive data. Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS after RESTORE_ALL_NMI.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 5.10.215 · fixed in 5.10.228; From 5.15.154 · fixed in 5.15.169; From 6.1.81 · fixed in 6.1.114; From 6.6.21 · fixed in 6.6.58; From 6.7.9 · fixed in 6.8

  • Linux Linux

    6.8

References 6

git.kernel.org