Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page
Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S.
This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations.
This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < 05df6e6cd9a76b778aee33c3c18c9f3b3566d4a5; >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < c7b4cfa6213a44fa48714186dfdf125072d036e3; >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < fa719857f613fed94a79da055b13ca51214c694f; >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < 82c211ead1ec440dbf81727e17b03b5e3c44b93d; >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < f7c3fdad0a474062d566aae3289d490d7e702d30; >= cdacc1278b12d929f9a053c245ff3d16eb7af9f8, < a2796dff62d6c6bfc5fbebdf2bee0d5ac0438906 |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.27 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05df6e6cd9a76b778aee33c3c18c9f3b3566d4a5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c211ead1ec440dbf81727e17b03b5e3c44b93dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2796dff62d6c6bfc5fbebdf2bee0d5ac0438906Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7b4cfa6213a44fa48714186dfdf125072d036e3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7c3fdad0a474062d566aae3289d490d7e702d30Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa719857f613fed94a79da055b13ca51214c694fPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/17/2Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/23/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/05/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/05/2Mailing List
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-466.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
- Last modified
- Nov 5, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified