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CVE-2022-50224— KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT

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Affected
Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于KVM x86 mmu未将NX视为NPT有效位，可能导致保留位设置警告。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.20% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1498.002 · Reflection Amplification

Affected Version Matrix 14

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux b8e8c8303ff28c61046a4d0f6ea99aea609a7dc0< 6271f2854b9233702e236e576b885a876dde4889 affected
b8e8c8303ff28c61046a4d0f6ea99aea609a7dc0< 6c6ab524cfae0799e55c82b2c1d61f1af0156f8d affected
a7ad7943b84fae87f5be18f05025c51ae103f732 affected
bb16a6ba5d1ed79b40caea8d924e237f63205b7c affected
5219505fcbb640e273a0d51c19c38de0100ec5a9 affected
78ffa84f00ff6b19f00c0e6dfe1870aba0db4025 affected
4.9.202< 4.10 affected
4.14.154< 4.15 affected
… +6 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2022-50224

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Vulnerability Title
KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT Treat the NX bit as valid when using NPT, as KVM will set the NX bit when the NX huge page mitigation is enabled (mindblowing) and trigger the WARN that fires on reserved SPTE bits being set. KVM has required NX support for SVM since commit b26a71a1a5b9 ("KVM: SVM: Refuse to load kvm_amd if NX support is not available") for exactly this reason, but apparently it never occurred to anyone to actually test NPT with the mitigation enabled. ------------[ cut here ]------------ spte = 0x800000018a600ee7, level = 2, rsvd bits = 0x800f0000001fe000 WARNING: CPU: 152 PID: 15966 at arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c:215 make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm] Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 10.48.0 01/27/2022 RIP: 0010:make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm] Call Trace: <TASK> tdp_mmu_map_handle_target_level+0xc3/0x230 [kvm] kvm_tdp_mmu_map+0x343/0x3b0 [kvm] direct_page_fault+0x1ae/0x2a0 [kvm] kvm_tdp_page_fault+0x7d/0x90 [kvm] kvm_mmu_page_fault+0xfb/0x2e0 [kvm] npf_interception+0x55/0x90 [kvm_amd] svm_invoke_exit_handler+0x31/0xf0 [kvm_amd] svm_handle_exit+0xf6/0x1d0 [kvm_amd] vcpu_enter_guest+0xb6d/0xee0 [kvm] ? kvm_pmu_trigger_event+0x6d/0x230 [kvm] vcpu_run+0x65/0x2c0 [kvm] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x355/0x610 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x551/0x610 [kvm] __se_sys_ioctl+0x77/0xc0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1d/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x44/0xa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于KVM x86 mmu未将NX视为NPT有效位，可能导致保留位设置警告。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux b8e8c8303ff28c61046a4d0f6ea99aea609a7dc0 ~ 6271f2854b9233702e236e576b885a876dde4889 -
Linux Linux 5.4 -

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