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CVE-2025-68259— KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced

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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:SVM中替换INT3/INTO指令时未跳过无关指令。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.19% · P8

Affected Version Matrix 14

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 2e84a018c2895c05abe213eb10db128aa45f6ec6 affected
6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 152289a51107ef45bbfe9b4aeeaa584a503042b5 affected
6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 87cc1622c88a4888959d64fa1fc9ba1e264aa3d4 affected
6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 54bcccc2c7805a00af1d7d2faffd6f424c0133aa affected
6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 53903ac9ca1abffa27327e85075ec496fa55ccf3 affected
6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5< 4da3768e1820cf15cced390242d8789aed34f54d affected
6.0 affected
< 6.0 unaffected
… +6 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-68259

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Vulnerability Title
KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced When re-injecting a soft interrupt from an INT3, INT0, or (select) INTn instruction, discard the exception and retry the instruction if the code stream is changed (e.g. by a different vCPU) between when the CPU executes the instruction and when KVM decodes the instruction to get the next RIP. As effectively predicted by commit 6ef88d6e36c2 ("KVM: SVM: Re-inject INT3/INTO instead of retrying the instruction"), failure to verify that the correct INTn instruction was decoded can effectively clobber guest state due to decoding the wrong instruction and thus specifying the wrong next RIP. The bug most often manifests as "Oops: int3" panics on static branch checks in Linux guests. Enabling or disabling a static branch in Linux uses the kernel's "text poke" code patching mechanism. To modify code while other CPUs may be executing that code, Linux (temporarily) replaces the first byte of the original instruction with an int3 (opcode 0xcc), then patches in the new code stream except for the first byte, and finally replaces the int3 with the first byte of the new code stream. If a CPU hits the int3, i.e. executes the code while it's being modified, then the guest kernel must look up the RIP to determine how to handle the #BP, e.g. by emulating the new instruction. If the RIP is incorrect, then this lookup fails and the guest kernel panics. The bug reproduces almost instantly by hacking the guest kernel to repeatedly check a static branch[1] while running a drgn script[2] on the host to constantly swap out the memory containing the guest's TSS. [1]: https://gist.github.com/osandov/44d17c51c28c0ac998ea0334edf90b5a [2]: https://gist.github.com/osandov/10e45e45afa29b11e0c7209247afc00b
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
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:SVM中替换INT3/INTO指令时未跳过无关指令。
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 6ef88d6e36c2b4b3886ec9967cafabe4424d27d5 ~ 2e84a018c2895c05abe213eb10db128aa45f6ec6 -
Linux Linux 6.0 -

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Other References for CVE-2025-68259 (4)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-16 · 156 CVEs total

CVE-2025-68192 9.8 CRITICAL net: usb: qmi_wwan: initialize MAC header offset in qmimux_rx_fixup
CVE-2025-68263 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request
CVE-2025-68315 9.8 CRITICAL f2fs: fix to detect potential corrupted nid in free_nid_list
CVE-2025-68285 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map()
CVE-2025-68284 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()
CVE-2025-40350 9.8 CRITICAL net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ
CVE-2025-68301 9.8 CRITICAL net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path
CVE-2025-68304 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_core: lookup hci_conn on RX path on protocol side
CVE-2025-68255 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8723bs: fix stack buffer overflow in OnAssocReq IE parsing
CVE-2025-68256 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser
CVE-2025-68226 8.8 HIGH smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker()
CVE-2025-40362 8.8 HIGH ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue
CVE-2025-68314 8.8 HIGH drm/msm: make sure last_fence is always updated
CVE-2025-68250 8.2 HIGH hung_task: fix warnings caused by unaligned lock pointers
CVE-2025-68171 7.8 HIGH x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery
CVE-2025-68175 7.8 HIGH media: nxp: imx8-isi: Fix streaming cleanup on release
CVE-2025-68179 7.8 HIGH s390: Disable ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP
CVE-2025-68294 7.8 HIGH io_uring/net: ensure vectored buffer node import is tied to notification
CVE-2025-68303 7.8 HIGH platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption
CVE-2025-68234 7.8 HIGH io_uring/cmd_net: fix wrong argument types for skb_queue_splice()

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