CVE-2024-44948
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Denial of Service via Missing Fixed MTRR Capability Check
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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