In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RISC-V: KVM: Don't zero-out PMU snapshot area before freeing data

With the latest Linux-6.11-rc3, the below NULL pointer crash is observed
when SBI PMU snapshot is enabled for the guest and the guest is forcefully
powered-off.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000508
Oops [#1]
Modules linked in: kvm
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 61 Comm: term-poll Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-00018-g44d7178dd77a #3
Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
epc : __kvm_write_guest_page+0x94/0xa6 [kvm]
ra : __kvm_write_guest_page+0x54/0xa6 [kvm]
epc : ffffffff01590e98 ra : ffffffff01590e58 sp : ffff8f80001f39b0
gp : ffffffff81512a60 tp : ffffaf80024872c0 t0 : ffffaf800247e000
t1 : 00000000000007e0 t2 : 0000000000000000 s0 : ffff8f80001f39f0
s1 : 00007fff89ac4000 a0 : ffffffff015dd7e8 a1 : 0000000000000086
a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : ffffaf8000000000 a4 : ffffaf80024882c0
a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : ffffaf800328d780 a7 : 00000000000001cc
s2 : ffffaf800197bd00 s3 : 00000000000828c4 s4 : ffffaf800248c000
s5 : ffffaf800247d000 s6 : 0000000000001000 s7 : 0000000000001000
s8 : 0000000000000000 s9 : 00007fff861fd500 s10: 0000000000000001
s11: 0000000000800000 t3 : 00000000000004d3 t4 : 00000000000004d3
t5 : ffffffff814126e0 t6 : ffffffff81412700
status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 0000000000000508 cause: 000000000000000d
[<ffffffff01590e98>] __kvm_write_guest_page+0x94/0xa6 [kvm]
[<ffffffff015943a6>] kvm_vcpu_write_guest+0x56/0x90 [kvm]
[<ffffffff015a175c>] kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area+0x42/0x7e [kvm]
[<ffffffff015a1972>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_deinit.part.0+0xe0/0x14e [kvm]
[<ffffffff015a2ad0>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_deinit+0x1a/0x24 [kvm]
[<ffffffff0159b344>] kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy+0x28/0x4c [kvm]
[<ffffffff0158e420>] kvm_destroy_vcpus+0x5a/0xda [kvm]
[<ffffffff0159930c>] kvm_arch_destroy_vm+0x14/0x28 [kvm]
[<ffffffff01593260>] kvm_destroy_vm+0x168/0x2a0 [kvm]
[<ffffffff015933d4>] kvm_put_kvm+0x3c/0x58 [kvm]
[<ffffffff01593412>] kvm_vm_release+0x22/0x2e [kvm]

Clearly, the kvm_vcpu_write_guest() function is crashing because it is
being called from kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() upon guest tear down.

To address the above issue, simplify the kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() to
not zero-out PMU snapshot area from kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() because
the guest is anyway being tore down.

The kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() is also called when guest changes
PMU snapshot area of a VCPU but even in this case the previous PMU
snaphsot area must not be zeroed-out because the guest might have
reclaimed the pervious PMU snapshot area for some other purpose.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: KVM: Don't zero-out PMU snapshot area before freeing data With the latest Linux-6.11-rc3, the below NULL pointer crash is observed when SBI PMU snapshot is enabled for the guest and the guest is forcefully powered-off. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000508 Oops [#1] Modules linked in: kvm CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 61 Comm: term-poll Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-00018-g44d7178dd77a #3 Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) epc : __kvm_write_guest_page+0x94/0xa6 [kvm] ra : __kvm_write_guest_page+0x54/0xa6 [kvm] epc : ffffffff01590e98 ra : ffffffff01590e58 sp : ffff8f80001f39b0 gp : ffffffff81512a60 tp : ffffaf80024872c0 t0 : ffffaf800247e000 t1 : 00000000000007e0 t2 : 0000000000000000 s0 : ffff8f80001f39f0 s1 : 00007fff89ac4000 a0 : ffffffff015dd7e8 a1 : 0000000000000086 a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : ffffaf8000000000 a4 : ffffaf80024882c0 a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : ffffaf800328d780 a7 : 00000000000001cc s2 : ffffaf800197bd00 s3 : 00000000000828c4 s4 : ffffaf800248c000 s5 : ffffaf800247d000 s6 : 0000000000001000 s7 : 0000000000001000 s8 : 0000000000000000 s9 : 00007fff861fd500 s10: 0000000000000001 s11: 0000000000800000 t3 : 00000000000004d3 t4 : 00000000000004d3 t5 : ffffffff814126e0 t6 : ffffffff81412700 status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 0000000000000508 cause: 000000000000000d [<ffffffff01590e98>] __kvm_write_guest_page+0x94/0xa6 [kvm] [<ffffffff015943a6>] kvm_vcpu_write_guest+0x56/0x90 [kvm] [<ffffffff015a175c>] kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area+0x42/0x7e [kvm] [<ffffffff015a1972>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_deinit.part.0+0xe0/0x14e [kvm] [<ffffffff015a2ad0>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_deinit+0x1a/0x24 [kvm] [<ffffffff0159b344>] kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy+0x28/0x4c [kvm] [<ffffffff0158e420>] kvm_destroy_vcpus+0x5a/0xda [kvm] [<ffffffff0159930c>] kvm_arch_destroy_vm+0x14/0x28 [kvm] [<ffffffff01593260>] kvm_destroy_vm+0x168/0x2a0 [kvm] [<ffffffff015933d4>] kvm_put_kvm+0x3c/0x58 [kvm] [<ffffffff01593412>] kvm_vm_release+0x22/0x2e [kvm] Clearly, the kvm_vcpu_write_guest() function is crashing because it is being called from kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() upon guest tear down. To address the above issue, simplify the kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() to not zero-out PMU snapshot area from kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() because the guest is anyway being tore down. The kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area() is also called when guest changes PMU snapshot area of a VCPU but even in this case the previous PMU snaphsot area must not be zeroed-out because the guest might have reclaimed the pervious PMU snapshot area for some other purpose.
Title RISC-V: KVM: Don't zero-out PMU snapshot area before freeing data
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:38:11.384Z

Reserved: 2024-09-30T16:00:12.949Z

Link: CVE-2024-47717

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-21T13:02:33.626Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-10-21T12:15:08.020

Modified: 2024-10-24T14:32:20.817

Link: CVE-2024-47717

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-47717 - Bugzilla

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