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GHSA-CFM2-F7PX-WG9F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-04 15:35

Details

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

crypto: ccp - Do not initialize SNP for SEV ioctls

Sashiko notes:

if SEV initialization fails and KVM is actively running normal VMs, could a userspace process trigger this code path via /dev/sev ioctls (e.g., SEV_PDH_GEN) and zero out MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA globally? Would the next VMRUN execution for an active VM trigger a general protection fault and crash the host?

sev_move_to_init_state() is called for ioctls requiring only SEV firmware: SEV_PEK_GEN, SEV_PDH_GEN, SEV_PEK_CSR, SEV_PEK_CERT_IMPORT, and SEV_PDH_CERT_EXPORT. After the firmware command, it does SEV_SHUTDOWN on the SEV firmware. Since these commands do not require SNP to be initialized, skip it by calling __sev_platform_init_locked() which only initializes the SEV firmware. This way SNP is not Initialized at all, and HSAVE_PA is not cleared.

The previous code saved any SEV initialization firmware error to init_args.error and then threw it away and hardcoded the return value of INVALID_PLATFORM_STATE regardless of the real firmware error. This patch changes it to surface the underlying error, which is hopefully both more useful and doesn't cause any problems.

Note that it is still safe to call __sev_firmware_shutdown() directly: it calls __sev_snp_shutdown_locked(), which skips SNP shutdown if SNP was not initialized.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-64310 (GCVE-0-2026-64310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 08:49 – Updated: 2026-11-06 16:44

Title

crypto: ccp - Do not initialize SNP for SEV ioctls

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - Do not initialize SNP for SEV ioctls Sashiko notes: > if SEV initialization fails and KVM is actively running normal VMs, could a > userspace process trigger this code path via /dev/sev ioctls (e.g., > SEV_PDH_GEN) and zero out MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA globally? Would the next VMRUN > execution for an active VM trigger a general protection fault and crash the > host? sev_move_to_init_state() is called for ioctls requiring only SEV firmware: SEV_PEK_GEN, SEV_PDH_GEN, SEV_PEK_CSR, SEV_PEK_CERT_IMPORT, and SEV_PDH_CERT_EXPORT. After the firmware command, it does SEV_SHUTDOWN on the SEV firmware. Since these commands do not require SNP to be initialized, skip it by calling __sev_platform_init_locked() which only initializes the SEV firmware. This way SNP is not Initialized at all, and HSAVE_PA is not cleared. The previous code saved any SEV initialization firmware error to init_args.error and then threw it away and hardcoded the return value of INVALID_PLATFORM_STATE regardless of the real firmware error. This patch changes it to surface the underlying error, which is hopefully both more useful and doesn't cause any problems. Note that it is still safe to call __sev_firmware_shutdown() directly: it calls __sev_snp_shutdown_locked(), which skips SNP shutdown if SNP was not initialized.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-11-06 16:34 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6639 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5181e88da99c3d1d4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e983d0a74a6a2348…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d51207735e7c224cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1758e74b8061aac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1c3506ea8599a3ad1b9aae5cbd573134f8d18db7 , < 5181e88da99c3d1d41e25db3472a62b8d4b42cdd (git) Affected: ceac7fb89e8da465aec3ac3c20477f912f5c3a6c , < 9e983d0a74a6a2348e4ce61647ec8a4dfbe198ac (git) Affected: ceac7fb89e8da465aec3ac3c20477f912f5c3a6c , < d51207735e7c224cf591fa260c557a451a69a5cf (git) Affected: ceac7fb89e8da465aec3ac3c20477f912f5c3a6c , < fb1758e74b8061aacfbce7bbb7a7cc650537e167 (git) Affected: 6.12.75 , < 6.12.96 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.96 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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