Description
A vulnerability was discovered in RISC-V Rocket-Chip v1.6 and before implementation where the SRET (Supervisor-mode Exception Return) instruction fails to correctly transition the processor's privilege level. Instead of downgrading from Machine-mode (M-mode) to Supervisor-mode (S-mode) as specified by the sstatus.SPP bit, the processor incorrectly remains in M-mode, leading to a critical privilege retention vulnerability.
Published: 2025-11-10
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Chipsalliance rocketchip
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:chipsalliance:rocketchip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Chipsalliance rocketchip

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-266
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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


Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Chipsalliance
Chipsalliance rocket-chip
Vendors & Products Chipsalliance
Chipsalliance rocket-chip

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was discovered in RISC-V Rocket-Chip v1.6 and before implementation where the SRET (Supervisor-mode Exception Return) instruction fails to correctly transition the processor's privilege level. Instead of downgrading from Machine-mode (M-mode) to Supervisor-mode (S-mode) as specified by the sstatus.SPP bit, the processor incorrectly remains in M-mode, leading to a critical privilege retention vulnerability.
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Chipsalliance Rocket-chip Rocketchip
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T20:39:11.448Z

Reserved: 2025-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-63384

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T20:38:58.424Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-11-10T20:15:49.013

Modified: 2026-02-05T15:25:19.137

Link: CVE-2025-63384

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T12:50:00Z

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