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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 4, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 9, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: s390: fix validity interception issue when gisa is switched off

We might run into a SIE validity if gisa has been disabled either via using
kernel parameter "kvm.use_gisa=0" or by setting the related sysfs
attribute to N (echo N >/sys/module/kvm/parameters/use_gisa).

The validity is caused by an invalid value in the SIE control block's
gisa designation. That happens because we pass the uninitialized gisa
origin to virt_to_phys() before writing it to the gisa designation.

To fix this we return 0 in kvm_s390_get_gisa_desc() if the origin is 0.
kvm_s390_get_gisa_desc() is used to determine which gisa designation to
set in the SIE control block. A value of 0 in the gisa designation disables
gisa usage.

The issue surfaces in the host kernel with the following kernel message as
soon a new kvm guest start is attemted.

kvm: unhandled validity intercept 0x1011
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 781237 at arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c:101 kvm_handle_sie_intercept+0x42e/0x4d0 [kvm]
Modules linked in: vhost_net tap tun xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp nft_compat x_tables nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_tftp vfio_pci_core irqbypass vhost_vsock vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common vsock vhost vhost_iotlb kvm nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables sunrpc mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core mlx5_core uvdevice s390_trng eadm_sch vfio_ccw zcrypt_cex4 mdev vfio_iommu_type1 vfio sch_fq_codel drm i2c_core loop drm_panel_orientation_quirks configfs nfnetlink lcs ctcm fsm dm_service_time ghash_s390 prng chacha_s390 libchacha aes_s390 des_s390 libdes sha3_512_s390 sha3_256_s390 sha512_s390 sha256_s390 sha1_s390 sha_common dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log zfcp scsi_transport_fc scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua pkey zcrypt dm_multipath rng_core autofs4 [last unloaded: vfio_pci]
CPU: 0 PID: 781237 Comm: CPU 0/KVM Not tainted 6.10.0-08682-gcad9f11498ea #6
Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 701 (LPAR)
Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 000003d93deb0122 (kvm_handle_sie_intercept+0x432/0x4d0 [kvm])
R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: 000003d900000027 000003d900000023 0000000000000028 000002cd00000000
000002d063a00900 00000359c6daf708 00000000000bebb5 0000000000001eff
000002cfd82e9000 000002cfd80bc000 0000000000001011 000003d93deda412
000003ff8962df98 000003d93de77ce0 000003d93deb011e 00000359c6daf960
Krnl Code: 000003d93deb0112: c020fffe7259 larl %r2,000003d93de7e5c4
000003d93deb0118: c0e53fa8beac brasl %r14,000003d9bd3c7e70
#000003d93deb011e: af000000 mc 0,0
>000003d93deb0122: a728ffea lhi %r2,-22
000003d93deb0126: a7f4fe24 brc 15,000003d93deafd6e
000003d93deb012a: 9101f0b0 tm 176(%r15),1
000003d93deb012e: a774fe48 brc 7,000003d93deafdbe
000003d93deb0132: 40a0f0ae sth %r10,174(%r15)
Call Trace:
[<000003d93deb0122>] kvm_handle_sie_intercept+0x432/0x4d0 [kvm]
([<000003d93deb011e>] kvm_handle_sie_intercept+0x42e/0x4d0 [kvm])
[<000003d93deacc10>] vcpu_post_run+0x1d0/0x3b0 [kvm]
[<000003d93deaceda>] __vcpu_run+0xea/0x2d0 [kvm]
[<000003d93dead9da>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x16a/0x430 [kvm]
[<000003d93de93ee0>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x190/0x7c0 [kvm]
[<000003d9bd728b4e>] vfs_ioctl+0x2e/0x70
[<000003d9bd72a092>] __s390x_sys_ioctl+0xc2/0xd0
[<000003d9be0e9222>] __do_syscall+0x1f2/0x2e0
[<000003d9be0f9a90>] system_call+0x70/0x98
Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[<000003d9bd3c7f58>] __warn_printk+0xe8/0xf0

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 4, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 4, 2024
Last updated Oct 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-45005

GHSA ID

GHSA-cj8h-mjwg-43cc

Source code

No known source code

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