CVE-2024-26990

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Write-protect L2 SPTEs in TDP MMU when clearing dirty status Check kvm_mmu_page_ad_need_write_protect() when deciding whether to write-protect or clear D-bits on TDP MMU SPTEs, so that the TDP MMU accounts for any role-specific reasons for disabling D-bit dirty logging. Specifically, TDP MMU SPTEs must be write-protected when the TDP MMU is being used to run an L2 (i.e. L1 has disabled EPT) and PML is enabled. KVM always disables PML when running L2, even when L1 and L2 GPAs are in the some domain, so failing to write-protect TDP MMU SPTEs will cause writes made by L2 to not be reflected in the dirty log. [sean: massage shortlog and changelog, tweak ternary op formatting]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.29linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 5982a5392663b30f57ee90b0372c19a7e9cb655a - 2673dfb591a359c75080dd5af3da484b89320d22
Linux/Linux 5982a5392663b30f57ee90b0372c19a7e9cb655a - cdf811a937471af2d1facdf8ae80e5e68096f1ed
Linux/Linux 5982a5392663b30f57ee90b0372c19a7e9cb655a - e20bff0f1b2de9cfe303dd35ff46470104a87404
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.6.29 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.8.8 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
... and 2 more
Published May 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026