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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2024-44948
HistorySep 04, 2024 - 7:15 p.m.

CVE-2024-44948

2024-09-0419:15:29
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
vulnerability
x86/mtrr
mtrrs
msrs

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.

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.7%