CVE-2025-22013
KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5289ac43b69c61a49c75720921f2008005a31c43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c50cc23a492c4d43fdaefc7c1ecc0ff6f7b82e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/806d5c1e1d2e5502175a24bf70f251648d99c36a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e140bba70bcacc5fe15bf8c0b958793fd7d56f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/900b444be493b7f404898c785d6605b177a093d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc7e61195e23f744814e78524b73b59faa54ab4
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| 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-2025-10342
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-22013
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0892 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0859 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0843 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0828 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0589 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0559 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0529 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0509 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0465 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0449 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.85cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.21cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.13.9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected c4ab60a86c5ed7c0d727c6dc8cec352e16bc7f90 < 5289ac43b69c61a49c75720921f2008005a31c43 ; affected d5f7d3833b534f9e43e548461dba1e60aa82f587 < 04c50cc23a492c4d43fdaefc7c1ecc0ff6f7b82e ; affected 93ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abe < 806d5c1e1d2e5502175a24bf70f251648d99c36a ; affected 93ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abe < 79e140bba70bcacc5fe15bf8c0b958793fd7d56f ; affected 93ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abe < 900b444be493b7f404898c785d6605b177a093d0 ; affected 93ae6b01bafee8fa385aa25ee7ebdb40057f6abe < fbc7e61195e23f744814e78524b73b59faa54ab4 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.2 ; unaffected 0 < 6.2 ; unaffected 6.6.85 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.21 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.13.9 ≤ 6.13.* ; unaffected 6.14 ≤ * |
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 |