CVE-2024-35791
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SVM: Flush pages under kvm->lock to fix UAF in svm_register_enc_region()
Do the cache flush of converted pages in svm_register_enc_region() before dropping kvm->lock to fix use-after-free issues where region and/or its array of pages could be freed by a different task, e.g. if userspace has __unregister_enc_region_locked() already queued up for the region.
Note, the "obvious" alternative of using local variables doesn't fully resolve the bug, as region->pages is also dynamically allocated. I.e. the region structure itself would be fine, but region->pages could be freed.
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Flushing multiple pages under kvm->lock is unfortunate, but the entire flow is a rare slow path, and the manual flush is only needed on CPUs that lack coherency for encrypted memory.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 14
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-416
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12f8e32a5a389a5d58afc67728c76e61beee1ad4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d13b79640b147bd77c34a5998533b2021a4122d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4868c0ecdb6cfde7c70cf478c46e06bb9c7e5865
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef1d8c1ddbf696e47b226e11888eaf8d9e8e807
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e126b508ed2e616d679d85fca2fbe77bb48bbdd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6d53d8a2617dd58c89171a6b9610c470ebda38a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12f8e32a5a389a5d58afc67728c76e61beee1ad4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d13b79640b147bd77c34a5998533b2021a4122d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4868c0ecdb6cfde7c70cf478c46e06bb9c7e5865
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef1d8c1ddbf696e47b226e11888eaf8d9e8e807
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e126b508ed2e616d679d85fca2fbe77bb48bbdd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6d53d8a2617dd58c89171a6b9610c470ebda38a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
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