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CVE-2025-40065

RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp register with valid mode bits

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.17.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp register with valid mode bits According to the RISC-V Privileged Architecture Spec, when MODE=Bare is selected,software must write zero to the remaining fields of hgatp. We have detected the valid mode supported by the HW before, So using a valid mode to detect how many vmid bits are supported.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From fd7bb4a251dfc1da3496bf59a4793937c13e8c1f · fixed in 8b6e327736db013b9e385c3f6f9f0b04ddf26e43; From fd7bb4a251dfc1da3496bf59a4793937c13e8c1f · fixed in 5cba8ae00279296a586d0596443109d601b1d116; From fd7bb4a251dfc1da3496bf59a4793937c13e8c1f · fixed in d00b61cd37f4c183ce0edbc9f8ccf6d5430ea357; From fd7bb4a251dfc1da3496bf59a4793937c13e8c1f · fixed in 2b351e3d04be9e1533f26c3464f1e44a5beace30

  • Linux Linux

    5.16

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.17.3

References 4

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