GHSA-GFJ7-8HQ4-G63X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-12 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: VMX: Do all initialization before exposing /dev/kvm to userspace
Call kvm_init() only after all setup is complete, as kvm_init() exposes /dev/kvm to userspace and thus allows userspace to create VMs (and call other ioctls). E.g. KVM will encounter a NULL pointer when attempting to add a vCPU to the per-CPU loaded_vmcss_on_cpu list if userspace is able to create a VM before vmx_init() configures said list.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP CPU: 6 PID: 1143 Comm: stable Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7+ #988 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 RIP: 0010:vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs+0x68/0x230 [kvm_intel] vmx_vcpu_load+0x16/0x60 [kvm_intel] kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x32/0x1f0 [kvm] vcpu_load+0x2f/0x40 [kvm] kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x231/0x310 [kvm] kvm_vm_ioctl+0x79f/0xe10 [kvm] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb1/0x220 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x80/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP: 0033:0x7f5a6b05743b Modules linked in: vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap kvm_intel(+) kvm irqbypass
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49932"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-02T16:15:22Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: VMX: Do _all_ initialization before exposing /dev/kvm to userspace\n\nCall kvm_init() only after _all_ setup is complete, as kvm_init() exposes\n/dev/kvm to userspace and thus allows userspace to create VMs (and call\nother ioctls). E.g. KVM will encounter a NULL pointer when attempting to\nadd a vCPU to the per-CPU loaded_vmcss_on_cpu list if userspace is able to\ncreate a VM before vmx_init() configures said list.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008\n #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n CPU: 6 PID: 1143 Comm: stable Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7+ #988\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n RIP: 0010:vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs+0x68/0x230 [kvm_intel]\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n vmx_vcpu_load+0x16/0x60 [kvm_intel]\n kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x32/0x1f0 [kvm]\n vcpu_load+0x2f/0x40 [kvm]\n kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x231/0x310 [kvm]\n kvm_vm_ioctl+0x79f/0xe10 [kvm]\n ? handle_mm_fault+0xb1/0x220\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x80/0xb0\n do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n RIP: 0033:0x7f5a6b05743b\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n Modules linked in: vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap kvm_intel(+) kvm irqbypass",
"id": "GHSA-gfj7-8hq4-g63x",
"modified": "2025-11-12T18:31:03Z",
"published": "2025-05-02T18:31:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49932"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e136e969d268b9b89329c816c002e53f60e82985"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28533c08023c4b319b7f2cd77f3f7c9204eb517"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e32b120071ea114efc0b4ddd439547750b85f618"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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