CVE-2024-46864
Published: Sep 27, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/hyperv: fix kexec crash due to VP assist page corruption commit 9636be85cc5b ("x86/hyperv: Fix hyperv_pcpu_input_arg handling when CPUs go online/offline") introduces a new cpuhp state for hyperv initialization. cpuhp_setup_state() returns the state number if state is CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN or CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN and 0 for all other states. For the hyperv case, since a new cpuhp state was introduced it would return 0. However, in hv_machine_shutdown(), the cpuhp_remove_state() call is conditioned upon "hyperv_init_cpuhp > 0". This will never be true and so hv_cpu_die() won't be called on all CPUs. This means the VP assist page won't be reset. When the kexec kernel tries to setup the VP assist page again, the hypervisor corrupts the memory region of the old VP assist page causing a panic in case the kexec kernel is using that memory elsewhere. This was originally fixed in commit dfe94d4086e4 ("x86/hyperv: Fix kexec panic/hang issues"). Get rid of hyperv_init_cpuhp entirely since we are no longer using a dynamic cpuhp state and use CPUHP_AP_HYPERV_ONLINE directly with cpuhp_remove_state().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c - < 2ae1beb3ab4f28868cc5d1541d05e1fbee3ad825affected 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c - < d6f018a3b49d0a94ddbd0e479c2af6b19724e434affected 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c - < b9af6418279c4cf73ca073f8ea024992b38be8ab |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.4unaffected 0 - < 6.4unaffected 6.6.52 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.10.11 - <= 6.10.*unaffected 6.11 - <= * |
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