Linux Kernel up to 6.6.58/6.11.5 KVM sys_regs.c out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.58/6.11.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c of the component KVM. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-50139. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.58/6.11.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c of the component KVM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix shift-out-of-bounds bug Fix a shift-out-of-bounds bug reported by UBSAN when running VM with MTE enabled host kernel. UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c:1988:14 shift exponent 33 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 7629 Comm: qemu-kvm Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2 #34 Hardware name: IEI NF5280R7/Mitchell MB, BIOS 00.00. 2024-10-12 09:28:54 10/14/2024 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128 show_stack+0x20/0x38 dump_stack_lvl+0x74/0x90 dump_stack+0x18/0x28 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0xf8/0x1e0 reset_clidr+0x10c/0x1c8 kvm_reset_sys_regs+0x50/0x1c8 kvm_reset_vcpu+0xec/0x2b0 __kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x84/0x158 kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x138/0x168 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_vcpu_init+0x40/0x2b0 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x28c/0x4b8 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4bc/0x7a8 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100 invoke_syscall+0x70/0x100 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x3c/0x158 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-50139 since 10/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213018 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.59 or 6.11.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 04ed2ba07ce7/4b9e11794d91/c6c167afa090 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (213018) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3368). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.6.58
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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