CVE-2025-22013

KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 8, 2025 at 08:18 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 10:18 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: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state There are several problems with the way hyp code lazily saves the host's FPSIMD/SVE state, including: * Host SVE being discarded unexpectedly due to inconsistent configuration of TIF_SVE and CPACR_ELx.ZEN. This has been seen to result in QEMU crashes where SVE is used by memmove(), as reported by Eric Auger: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-68997 * Host SVE state is discarded *after* modification by ptrace, which was an unintentional ptrace ABI change introduced with lazy discarding of SVE state. * The host FPMR value can be discarded when running a non-protected VM, where FPMR support is not exposed to a VM, and that VM uses FPSIMD/SVE. In these cases the hyp code does not save the host's FPMR before unbinding the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state, leaving a stale value in memory. Avoid these by eagerly saving and "flushing" the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state when loading a vCPU such that KVM does not need to save any of the host's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state. For clarity, fpsimd_kvm_prepare() is removed and the necessary call to fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() is placed in kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp(). As 'fpsimd_state' and 'fpmr_ptr' should not be used, they are set to NULL; all uses of these will be removed in subsequent patches. Historical problems go back at least as far as v5.17, e.g. erroneous assumptions about TIF_SVE being clear in commit: 8383741ab2e773a9 ("KVM: arm64: Get rid of host SVE tracking/saving") ... and so this eager save+flush probably needs to be backported to ALL stable trees.

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.13.96.2 ≤ v < 6.6.856.7 ≤ v < 6.12.216.146.14 rc16.14 rc293ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abec4ab60a86c5ed7c0d727c6dc8cec352e16bc7f90d5f7d3833b534f9e43e548461dba1e60aa82f587
Vendor states this is fixed in 04c50cc23a492c4d43fdaefc7c1ecc0ff6f7b82e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5289ac43b69c61a49c75720921f2008005a31c43 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 79e140bba70bcacc5fe15bf8c0b958793fd7d56f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 806d5c1e1d2e5502175a24bf70f251648d99c36a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 900b444be493b7f404898c785d6605b177a093d0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fbc7e61195e23f744814e78524b73b59faa54ab4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.85 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c50cc23a492c4d43fdaefc7c1ecc0ff6f7b82e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5289ac43b69c61a49c75720921f2008005a31c43
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e140bba70bcacc5fe15bf8c0b958793fd7d56f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/806d5c1e1d2e5502175a24bf70f251648d99c36a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/900b444be493b7f404898c785d6605b177a093d0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc7e61195e23f744814e78524b73b59faa54ab4

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

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CWE
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