CVE-2024-26691
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.6.18, 6.7.0-6.7.6 - Circular Locking Dependency in KVM ARM64
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix circular locking dependency The rule inside kvm enforces that the vcpu->mutex is taken *inside* kvm->lock. The rule is violated by the pkvm_create_hyp_vm() which acquires the kvm->lock while already holding the vcpu->mutex lock from kvm_vcpu_ioctl(). Avoid the circular locking dependency altogether by protecting the hyp vm handle with the config_lock, much like we already do for other forms of VM-scoped data.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
8.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel
3.11.0 - 6.6.18linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.7.6linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.11
Linux/Linux
3.11
Linux/Linux
6.6.18 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux
6.7.6 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux
6.8
Linux/Linux
6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878 - 10c02aad111df02088d1a81792a709f6a7eca6cc
Linux/Linux
6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878 - 3ab1c40a1e915e350d9181a4603af393141970cc
Linux/Linux
6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878 - 3d16cebf01127f459dcfeb79ed77bd68b124c228
... and 2 more
Published
Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026