x86/mm: Ensure input to pfn_to_kaddr() is treated as a 64-bit type (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 12 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Ensure input to pfn_to_kaddr() is treated as a 64-bit type On 64-bit platforms, the pfn_to_kaddr() macro requires that the input value is 64 bits in order to ensure that valid address bits don't get lost when shifting that input by PAGE_SHIFT to calculate the physical address to provide a virtual address for. One such example is in pvalidate_pages() (used by SEV-SNP guests), where the GFN in the struct used for page-state change requests is a 40-bit bit-field, so attempts to pass this GFN field directly into pfn_to_kaddr() ends up causing guest crashes when dealing with addresses above the 1TB range due to the above. Fix this issue with SEV-SNP guests, as well as any similar cases that might cause issues in current/future code, by using an inline function, instead of a macro, so that the input is implicitly cast to the expected 64-bit input type prior to performing the shift operation. While it might be argued that the issue is on the caller side, other archs/macros have taken similar approaches to deal with instances like this, such as ARM explicitly casting the input to phys_addr_t: e48866647b48 ("ARM: 8396/1: use phys_addr_t in pfn_to_kaddr()") A C inline function is even better though. [ mingo: Refined the changelog some more & added __always_inline. ]
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-57283
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-52659
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0717 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0546 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0526 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0496 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.5 < 6.6.23cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.7.11cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.8 < 6.8.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 6c3211796326a9d35618b866826ca556c8f008a8 < 325956b0173f11e98f90462be4829a8b8b0682ce ; affected 6c3211796326a9d35618b866826ca556c8f008a8 < 7e1471888a5e6e846e9b4d306e5327db2b58e64e ; affected 6c3211796326a9d35618b866826ca556c8f008a8 < 814305b5c23cb815ada68d43019f39050472b25f ; affected 6c3211796326a9d35618b866826ca556c8f008a8 < 8e5647a723c49d73b9f108a8bb38e8c29d3948ea |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.5 ; unaffected 0 < 6.5 ; unaffected 6.6.23 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.7.11 ≤ 6.7.* ; unaffected 6.8.2 ≤ 6.8.* ; unaffected 6.9 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |