x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them
MTRRs have an obsolete fixed variant for fine grained caching control
of the 640K-1MB region that uses separate MSRs. This fixed variant has
a separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR.
So far all x86 CPUs which support MTRR have this separate bit set, so it
went unnoticed that mtrr_save_state() does not check the capability bit
before accessing the fixed MTRR MSRs.
Though on a CPU that does not support the fixed MTRR capability this
results in a #GP. The #GP itself is harmless because the RDMSR fault is
handled gracefully, but results in a WARN_ON().
Add the missing capability check to prevent this.
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3912-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7088-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7088-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7088-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7088-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7088-5 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7119-1 | Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7123-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7144-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7155-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7156-1 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7194-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7196-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-754 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them MTRRs have an obsolete fixed variant for fine grained caching control of the 640K-1MB region that uses separate MSRs. This fixed variant has a separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR. So far all x86 CPUs which support MTRR have this separate bit set, so it went unnoticed that mtrr_save_state() does not check the capability bit before accessing the fixed MTRR MSRs. Though on a CPU that does not support the fixed MTRR capability this results in a #GP. The #GP itself is harmless because the RDMSR fault is handled gracefully, but results in a WARN_ON(). Add the missing capability check to prevent this. | |
| Title | x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T11:57:22.455Z
Reserved: 2024-08-21T05:34:56.665Z
Link: CVE-2024-44948
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:13:57.586Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-09-04T19:15:29.950
Modified: 2026-05-12T12:17:09.320
Link: CVE-2024-44948
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Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:33Z
Debian DLA
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