CVE-2024-46707

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel KVM ARM64 GICv3 Emulation NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Make ICC_*SGI*_EL1 undef in the absence of a vGICv3 On a system with a GICv3, if a guest hasn't been configured with GICv3 and that the host is not capable of GICv2 emulation, a write to any of the ICC_*SGI*_EL1 registers is trapped to EL2. We therefore try to emulate the SGI access, only to hit a NULL pointer as no private interrupt is allocated (no GIC, remember?). The obvious fix is to give the guest what it deserves, in the shape of a UNDEF exception.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.9%
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-476
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 3.11.0 - 5.10.225linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.166linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.107linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.48linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.7linux
Linux/Linux < 3.11
Linux/Linux 3.11
Linux/Linux 5.10.225 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.166 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.107 - 6.1.*
... and 11 more
Published Sep 13, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026