CVE-2024-44948

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Missing Fixed MTRR Capability Check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them MTRRs have an obsolete fixed variant for fine grained caching control of the 640K-1MB region that uses separate MSRs. This fixed variant has a separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR. So far all x86 CPUs which support MTRR have this separate bit set, so it went unnoticed that mtrr_save_state() does not check the capability bit before accessing the fixed MTRR MSRs. Though on a CPU that does not support the fixed MTRR capability this results in a #GP. The #GP itself is harmless because the RDMSR fault is handled gracefully, but results in a WARN_ON(). Add the missing capability check to prevent this.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.2%
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

Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.22 - 4.19.320linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.282linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.165linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.105linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.224linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.46linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.5linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 2b1f6278d77c1f2f669346fc2bb48012b5e9495a - 06c1de44d378ec5439db17bf476507d68589bfe9
... and 17 more
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026