{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-46830", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-09-11T15:12:18.286Z", "datePublished": "2024-09-27T12:39:28.396Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:53:35.775Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:53:35.775Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS\n\nGrab kvm->srcu when processing KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS, as KVM will forcibly\nleave nested VMX/SVM if SMM mode is being toggled, and leaving nested VMX\nreads guest memory.\n\nNote, kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events() can also be called from KVM_RUN\nvia sync_regs(), which already holds SRCU. I.e. trying to precisely use\nkvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock() around the problematic SMM code would cause\nproblems. Acquiring SRCU isn't all that expensive, so for simplicity,\ngrab it unconditionally for KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS.\n\n =============================\n WARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n 6.10.0-rc7-332d2c1d713e-next-vm #552 Not tainted\n -----------------------------\n include/linux/kvm_host.h:1027 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!\n\n other info that might help us debug this:\n\n rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n 1 lock held by repro/1071:\n #0: ffff88811e424430 (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x7d/0x970 [kvm]\n\n stack backtrace:\n CPU: 15 PID: 1071 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.10.0-rc7-332d2c1d713e-next-vm #552\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n Call Trace:\n \n dump_stack_lvl+0x7f/0x90\n lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x13f/0x1a0\n kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot+0x168/0x190 [kvm]\n kvm_vcpu_read_guest+0x3e/0x90 [kvm]\n nested_vmx_load_msr+0x6b/0x1d0 [kvm_intel]\n load_vmcs12_host_state+0x432/0xb40 [kvm_intel]\n vmx_leave_nested+0x30/0x40 [kvm_intel]\n kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events+0x15d/0x2b0 [kvm]\n kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x1107/0x1750 [kvm]\n ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70\n ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x7d/0x970 [kvm]\n ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x497/0x970 [kvm]\n kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x497/0x970 [kvm]\n ? lock_acquire+0xba/0x2d0\n ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x40c/0x6f0\n ? lock_release+0xb7/0x270\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x82/0xb0\n do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x170\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n RIP: 0033:0x7ff11eb1b539\n " } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e302786233e6bc512986d007c96458ccf5ca21c7", "lessThan": "5f35099fa3d59caf10bda88b033538e90086684e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f7e570780efc5cec9b2ed1e0472a7da14e864fdb", "lessThan": 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