CVE-2025-22013
KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state There are several problems with the way hyp code lazily saves the host's
FPSIMD/SVE state, including: * Host SVE being discarded unexpectedly due to inconsistent configuration of TIF_SVE and CPACR_ELx.ZEN. This has been seen to result in QEMU crashes where SVE is used by memmove(), as reported by Eric Auger: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-68997 * Host SVE state is discarded *after* modification by ptrace, which was an unintentional ptrace ABI change introduced with lazy discarding of SVE state. * The host FPMR value can be discarded when running a non-protected VM, where FPMR support is not exposed to a VM, and that VM uses FPSIMD/SVE. In these cases the hyp code does not save the host's FPMR before unbinding the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state, leaving a stale value in memory. Avoid these by eagerly saving and "flushing" the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME
state when loading a vCPU such that KVM does not need to save any of the
host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state. For clarity, fpsimd_kvm_prepare() is
removed and the necessary call to fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() is
placed in kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp(). As 'fpsimd_state' and 'fpmr_ptr'
should not be used, they are set to NULL; all uses of these will be
removed in subsequent patches. Historical problems go back at least as far as v5.17, e.g. erroneous
assumptions about TIF_SVE being clear in commit: 8383741ab2e773a9 ("KVM: arm64: Get rid of host SVE tracking/saving") ... and so this eager save+flush probably needs to be backported to ALL
stable trees.
En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: KVM: arm64: Guardar y vaciar incondicionalmente el estado FPSIMD/SVE/SME del host Hay varios problemas con la forma en que el código hyp guarda de forma diferida el estado FPSIMD/SVE del host, incluidos: * El SVE del host se descarta inesperadamente debido a una configuración inconsistente de TIF_SVE y CPACR_ELx.ZEN. Se ha visto que esto da como resultado fallos de QEMU donde memmove() usa SVE, como lo informó Eric Auger: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-68997 * El estado SVE del host se descarta *después* de la modificación por ptrace, que fue un cambio de ABI de ptrace no intencionado introducido con el descarte diferido del estado SVE. * El valor FPMR del host se puede descartar cuando se ejecuta una VM no protegida, donde la compatibilidad con FPMR no está expuesta a una VM y esa VM usa FPSIMD/SVE. En estos casos, el código hyp no guarda el FPMR del host antes de desvincular su estado FPSIMD/SVE/SME, lo que deja un valor obsoleto en memoria. Para evitar esto, guarde y vacíe el estado FPSIMD/SVE/SME del host al cargar una vCPU, de modo que KVM no tenga que guardar ninguno de sus estados. Para mayor claridad, se ha eliminado fpsimd_kvm_prepare() y la llamada necesaria a fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() se ha ubicado en kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp(). Dado que 'fpsimd_state' y 'fpmr_ptr' no deben usarse, se establecen en NULL; todos sus usos se eliminarán en parches posteriores. Los problemas históricos se remontan al menos a la versión v5.17, por ejemplo, suposiciones erróneas acerca de que TIF_SVE está claro en el commit: 8383741ab2e773a9 ("KVM: arm64: deshacerse del seguimiento/guardado de SVE del host")... y por eso, este ansioso guardado y vaciado probablemente deba ser retrotraído a TODOS los árboles estables.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state There are several problems with the way hyp code lazily saves the host's FPSIMD/SVE state, including: * Host SVE being discarded unexpectedly due to inconsistent configuration of TIF_SVE and CPACR_ELx.ZEN. This has been seen to result in QEMU crashes where SVE is used by memmove(), as reported by Eric Auger: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-68997 * Host SVE state is discarded *after* modification by ptrace, which was an unintentional ptrace ABI change introduced with lazy discarding of SVE state. * The host FPMR value can be discarded when running a non-protected VM, where FPMR support is not exposed to a VM, and that VM uses FPSIMD/SVE. In these cases the hyp code does not save the host's FPMR before unbinding the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state, leaving a stale value in memory. Avoid these by eagerly saving and "flushing" the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state when loading a vCPU such that KVM does not need to save any of the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state. For clarity, fpsimd_kvm_prepare() is removed and the necessary call to fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() is placed in kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp(). As 'fpsimd_state' and 'fpmr_ptr' should not be used, they are set to NULL; all uses of these will be removed in subsequent patches. Historical problems go back at least as far as v5.17, e.g. erroneous assumptions about TIF_SVE being clear in commit: 8383741ab2e773a9 ("KVM: arm64: Get rid of host SVE tracking/saving") ... and so this eager save+flush probably needs to be backported to ALL stable trees.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2024-12-29 CVE Reserved
- 2025-04-08 CVE Published
- 2025-04-08 EPSS Updated
- 2025-04-09 CVE Updated
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References (5)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abe | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.2 < 6.6.85 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.2 < 6.6.85" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.2 < 6.12.21 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.2 < 6.12.21" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.2 < 6.13.9 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.2 < 6.13.9" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.2 < 6.14 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.2 < 6.14" | en |
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