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debiancveDebian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2024-44948
HistorySep 04, 2024 - 7:15 p.m.

CVE-2024-44948

2024-09-0419:15:29
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
2
linux
kernel
vulnerability
mtrrs
x86
cpu
capability
msr
#gp
fixed variant

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.7%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them MTRRs have an obsolete fixed variant for fine grained caching control of the 640K-1MB region that uses separate MSRs. This fixed variant has a separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR. So far all x86 CPUs which support MTRR have this separate bit set, so it went unnoticed that mtrr_save_state() does not check the capability bit before accessing the fixed MTRR MSRs. Though on a CPU that does not support the fixed MTRR capability this results in a #GP. The #GP itself is harmless because the RDMSR fault is handled gracefully, but results in a WARN_ON(). Add the missing capability check to prevent this.

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.7%

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