CVE-2024-50139

KVM: arm64: Fix shift-out-of-bounds bug

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 7, 2024 at 09:31 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix shift-out-of-bounds bug Fix a shift-out-of-bounds bug reported by UBSAN when running VM with MTE enabled host kernel. UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c:1988:14 shift exponent 33 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 7629 Comm: qemu-kvm Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2 #34 Hardware name: IEI NF5280R7/Mitchell MB, BIOS 00.00. 2024-10-12 09:28:54 10/14/2024 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128 show_stack+0x20/0x38 dump_stack_lvl+0x74/0x90 dump_stack+0x18/0x28 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0xf8/0x1e0 reset_clidr+0x10c/0x1c8 kvm_reset_sys_regs+0x50/0x1c8 kvm_reset_vcpu+0xec/0x2b0 __kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x84/0x158 kvm_vcpu_set_target+0x138/0x168 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_vcpu_init+0x40/0x2b0 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x28c/0x4b8 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4bc/0x7a8 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100 invoke_syscall+0x70/0x100 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x3c/0x158 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198

Affected

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

6.3 ≤ v < 6.11.66.3 ≤ v < 6.126.3 ≤ v < 6.6.596.7 ≤ v < 6.11.66.12 rc16.12 rc26.12 rc36.12 rc47af0c2534f4c57b16e92dfca8c5f40fa90fbb3f3
Vendor states this is fixed in 04ed2ba07ce73f323052475fbd33d647aca3ff2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4b9e11794d910aa55300debbac5f0adcc42c491a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c6c167afa090ea0451f91814e1318755a8fb8bb9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.59 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04ed2ba07ce73f323052475fbd33d647aca3ff2e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9e11794d910aa55300debbac5f0adcc42c491a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c167afa090ea0451f91814e1318755a8fb8bb9

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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