CVE-2024-50112

x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases

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Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases

Linear Address Masking (LAM) has a weakness related to transient
execution as described in the SLAM paper[1]. Unless Linear Address
Space Separation (LASS) is enabled this weakness may be exploitable.

Until kernel adds support for LASS[2], only allow LAM for COMPILE_TEST,
or when speculation mitigations have been disabled at compile time,
otherwise keep LAM disabled.

There are no processors in market that support LAM yet, so currently
nobody is affected by this issue.

[1] SLAM: https://download.vusec.net/papers/slam_sp24.pdf
[2] LASS: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230609183632.48706-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com/

[ dhansen: update SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS -> CPU_MITIGATIONS ]

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: x86/lam: Deshabilitar ADDRESS_MASKING en la mayoría de los casos. El enmascaramiento de direcciones lineales (LAM) tiene una debilidad relacionada con la ejecución transitoria como se describe en el documento SLAM[1]. A menos que se habilite la separación del espacio de direcciones lineales (LASS), esta debilidad puede ser explotable. Hasta que el kernel agregue soporte para LASS[2], solo permita LAM para COMPILE_TEST, o cuando las mitigaciones de especulación se hayan deshabilitado en el momento de la compilación, de lo contrario, mantenga LAM deshabilitado. No hay procesadores en el mercado que admitan LAM todavía, por lo que actualmente nadie se ve afectado por este problema. [1] SLAM: https://download.vusec.net/papers/slam_sp24.pdf [2] LASS: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230609183632.48706-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com/ [ dhansen: actualización MITIGACIONES_DE_ESPECULACIÓN -> MITIGACIONES_DE_CPU ]

*Credits: N/A

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Timeline

2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
2024-11-05 CVE Published
2024-11-09 EPSS Updated
2024-11-19 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

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References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a5ba560f296ad8da153f6ad3f70030bfa3958f	2024-11-01
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690599066488d16db96ac0d6340f9372fc56f337	2024-11-01
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3267cb6d3a174ff83d6287dcd5b0047bbd912452	2024-10-21

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.6.59 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.6.59"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.11.6 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.11.6"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.12"		en		Affected