KVM: x86/mmu: Write-protect L2 SPTEs in TDP MMU when clearing dirty status
Check kvm_mmu_page_ad_need_write_protect() when deciding whether to
write-protect or clear D-bits on TDP MMU SPTEs, so that the TDP MMU
accounts for any role-specific reasons for disabling D-bit dirty logging.
Specifically, TDP MMU SPTEs must be write-protected when the TDP MMU is
being used to run an L2 (i.e. L1 has disabled EPT) and PML is enabled.
KVM always disables PML when running L2, even when L1 and L2 GPAs are in
the some domain, so failing to write-protect TDP MMU SPTEs will cause
writes made by L2 to not be reflected in the dirty log.
[sean: massage shortlog and changelog, tweak ternary op formatting]
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Solution
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Workaround
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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000
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First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:15:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T09:01:37.440Z
Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.205Z
Link: CVE-2024-26990

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.915Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-01T06:15:16.673
Modified: 2025-09-18T14:33:49.583
Link: CVE-2024-26990


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