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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"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se resolvi\u00f3 la siguiente vulnerabilidad: KVM: solucione una ejecuci\u00f3n de datos en last_boosted_vcpu en kvm_vcpu_on_spin() Utilice {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() para acceder a kvm->last_boosted_vcpu para garantizar que las cargas y los almacenes sean at\u00f3micos. En el escenario extremadamente improbable de que el compilador rompa los almacenes, es te\u00f3ricamente posible que KVM intente obtener una vCPU utilizando un \u00edndice fuera de los l\u00edmites, por ejemplo, si la escritura se divide en varios almacenes de 8 bits y se combina con un 32 -carga de bits en una VM con 257 vCPU: CPU0 CPU1 last_boosted_vcpu = 0xff; (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100) last_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01; i = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff) last_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00; vcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff]; Seg\u00fan lo detectado por KCSAN: ERROR: KCSAN: ejecuci\u00f3n de datos en kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] escribe en 0xffffc90025a92344 de 4 bytes por tarea 4340 en la CPU 16: kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../. ./virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:? arch/x86/kvm /vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c :890) __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890) x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?) Entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64 .S:130) le\u00eddo en 0xffffc90025a92344 de 4 bytes por la tarea 4342 en la CPU 4: kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm handle_pause (arch/ x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:? arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86 .c:?) kvm kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890) __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890) x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?) 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()", "id": "2297537", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297537"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-362", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nKVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()\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:\nCPU0 CPU1\nlast_boosted_vcpu = 0xff;\n(last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100)\nlast_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01;\ni = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff)\nlast_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00;\nvcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff];\nAs detected by KCSAN:\nBUG: KCSAN: data-race in kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm]\nwrite to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4340 on cpu 16:\nkvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm\nhandle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\nvmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\narch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\nvcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\nkvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\nkvm_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)\nx64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\nread to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4342 on cpu 4:\nkvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm\nhandle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\nvmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\narch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\nvcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\nkvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\nkvm_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)\nx64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\nvalue changed: 0x00000012 -> 0x00000000"], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability."}, "name": "CVE-2024-40953", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-07-12T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40953\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40953\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071223-CVE-2024-40953-8685@gregkh/T"], "statement": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not impacted by this CVE, as the vulnerability in question does not affect the specific versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions. This ensures that users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not exposed to the potential risks associated with this issue, and no further action or mitigation is necessary for systems running this operating system.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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