KVM: SVM: WARN on vNMI + NMI window iff NMIs are outright masked

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-39483
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-07-05 07:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 11:18:59 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: WARN on vNMI + NMI window iff NMIs are outright masked When requesting an NMI window, WARN on vNMI support being enabled if and only if NMIs are actually masked, i.e. if the vCPU is already handling an NMI. KVM's ABI for NMIs that arrive simultanesouly (from KVM's point of view) is to inject one NMI and pend the other. When using vNMI, KVM pends the second NMI simply by setting V_NMI_PENDING, and lets the CPU do the rest (hardware automatically sets V_NMI_BLOCKING when an NMI is injected). However, if KVM can't immediately inject an NMI, e.g. because the vCPU is in an STI shadow or is running with GIF=0, then KVM will request an NMI window and trigger the WARN (but still function correctly). Whether or not the GIF=0 case makes sense is debatable, as the intent of KVM's behavior is to provide functionality that is as close to real hardware as possible. E.g. if two NMIs are sent in quick succession, the probability of both NMIs arriving in an STI shadow is infinitesimally low on real hardware, but significantly larger in a virtual environment, e.g. if the vCPU is preempted in the STI shadow. For GIF=0, the argument isn't as clear cut, because the window where two NMIs can collide is much larger in bare metal (though still small). That said, KVM should not have divergent behavior for the GIF=0 case based on whether or not vNMI support is enabled. And KVM has allowed simultaneous NMIs with GIF=0 for over a decade, since commit 7460fb4a3400 ("KVM: Fix simultaneous NMIs"). I.e. KVM's GIF=0 handling shouldn't be modified without a *really* good reason to do so, and if KVM's behavior were to be modified, it should be done irrespective of vNMI support.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected fa4c027a7956f5e07697bfcb580d25eeb8471257 f79edaf7370986d73d204b36c50cc563a4c0f356 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected fa4c027a7956f5e07697bfcb580d25eeb8471257 1d87cf2eba46deaff6142366127f2323de9f84d1 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected fa4c027a7956f5e07697bfcb580d25eeb8471257 b4bd556467477420ee3a91fbcba73c579669edc6 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.4 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.4 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.34 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.9.5 6.9.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.10 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d87cf2eba46deaff6142366127f2323de9f84d1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bd556467477420ee3a91fbcba73c579669edc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/f79edaf7370986d73d204b36c50cc563a4c0f356 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch
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