CVE-2021-47226

x86/fpu: Invalidate FPU state after a failed XRSTOR from a user buffer

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2024 at 02:19 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/fpu: Invalidate FPU state after a failed XRSTOR from a user buffer Both Intel and AMD consider it to be architecturally valid for XRSTOR to fail with #PF but nonetheless change the register state. The actual conditions under which this might occur are unclear [1], but it seems plausible that this might be triggered if one sibling thread unmaps a page and invalidates the shared TLB while another sibling thread is executing XRSTOR on the page in question. __fpu__restore_sig() can execute XRSTOR while the hardware registers are preserved on behalf of a different victim task (using the fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx mechanism), and, in theory, XRSTOR could fail but modify the registers. If this happens, then there is a window in which __fpu__restore_sig() could schedule out and the victim task could schedule back in without reloading its own FPU registers. This would result in part of the FPU state that __fpu__restore_sig() was attempting to load leaking into the victim task's user-visible state. Invalidate preserved FPU registers on XRSTOR failure to prevent this situation from corrupting any state. [1] Frequent readers of the errata lists might imagine "complex microarchitectural conditions".

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.12.135.2 ≤ v < 5.10.465.2 ≤ v < 5.12.135.2 ≤ v < 5.131d731e731c4cd7cbd3b1aa295f0932e7610da82f5.13 rc15.13 rc25.13 rc35.13 rc45.13 rc55.13 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 002665dcba4bbec8c82f0aeb4bd3f44334ed2c14 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a7748e021b9fb7739e3cb88449296539de0b6817 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d8778e393afa421f1f117471144f8ce6deb6953a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.46 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.2 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/002665dcba4bbec8c82f0aeb4bd3f44334ed2c14
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7748e021b9fb7739e3cb88449296539de0b6817
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8778e393afa421f1f117471144f8ce6deb6953a

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-203

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