CVE-2024-35801

x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 7.8
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 14 (2026-10-28)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

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.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 < 21c7c00dae55cb0e3810d5f9506b58f68475d41d ; affected 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 < 1acbca933313aa866e39996904c9aca4d435c4cd ; affected 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 < 92b0f04e937665bde5768f3fcc622dcce44413d8 ; affected 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 < b61e3b7055ac6edee4be071c52f48c26472d2624 ; affected 672365477ae8afca5a1cca98c1deb733235e4525 < 10e4b5166df9ff7a2d5316138ca668b42d004422
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.16 ; unaffected 0 < 5.16 ; unaffected 6.1.84 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.24 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.7.12 ≤ 6.7.* ; unaffected 6.8.3 ≤ 6.8.*

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD