Show plain JSON{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2024-40953", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-07-12T12:17:45.592Z", "datePublished": "2024-07-12T12:31:56.832Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T09:18:40.758Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-05-04T09:18:40.758Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()\n\nUse {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() to access kvm->last_boosted_vcpu to ensure the\nloads and stores are atomic. In the extremely unlikely scenario the\ncompiler tears the stores, it's theoretically possible for KVM to attempt\nto get a vCPU using an out-of-bounds index, e.g. if the write is split\ninto multiple 8-bit stores, and is paired with a 32-bit load on a VM with\n257 vCPUs:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n last_boosted_vcpu = 0xff;\n\n (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100)\n last_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01;\n i = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff)\n last_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00;\n\n vcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff];\n\nAs detected by KCSAN:\n\n BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm]\n\n write to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4340 on cpu 16:\n kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm\n handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\n vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\n\t\t arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\n vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\n kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\n kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm\n __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)\n __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)\n x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n read to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4342 on cpu 4:\n kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm\n handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\n vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\n\t\t\tarch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\n vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\n kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\n kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm\n __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)\n __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)\n x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n value changed: 0x00000012 -> 0x00000000"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["virt/kvm/kvm_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "11a772d5376aa6d3e2e69b5b5c585f79b60c0e17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "4c141136a28421b78f34969b25a4fa32e06e2180", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "71fbc3af3dacb26c3aa2f30bb3ab05c44d082c84", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "82bd728a06e55f5b5f93d10ce67f4fe7e689853a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "92c77807d938145c7c3350c944ef9f39d7f6017c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "a937ef951bba72f48d2402451419d725d70dba20", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "95c8dd79f3a14df96b3820b35b8399bd91b2be60", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "217ece6129f2d3b4fdd18d9e79be9e43d8d14a42", "lessThan": "49f683b41f28918df3e51ddc0d928cb2e934ccdb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["virt/kvm/kvm_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.39", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.39", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "4.19.323", "lessThanOrEqual": 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