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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-21779

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 2/26/2025 10:15:18 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel

Advertise support for Hyper-V's SEND_IPI and SEND_IPI_EX hypercalls if and
only if the local API is emulated/virtualized by KVM, and explicitly reject
said hypercalls if the local APIC is emulated in userspace, i.e. don't rely
on userspace to opt-in to KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID.

Rejecting SEND_IPI and SEND_IPI_EX fixes a NULL-pointer dereference if
Hyper-V enlightenments are exposed to the guest without an in-kernel local
APIC:

  dump_stack+0xbe/0xfd
  __kasan_report.cold+0x34/0x84
  kasan_report+0x3a/0x50
  __apic_accept_irq+0x3a/0x5c0
  kvm_hv_send_ipi.isra.0+0x34e/0x820
  kvm_hv_hypercall+0x8d9/0x9d0
  kvm_emulate_hypercall+0x506/0x7e0
  __vmx_handle_exit+0x283/0xb60
  vmx_handle_exit+0x1d/0xd0
  vcpu_enter_guest+0x16b0/0x24c0
  vcpu_run+0xc0/0x550
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x170/0x6d0
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x413/0xb20
  __se_sys_ioctl+0x111/0x160
  do_syscal1_64+0x30/0x40
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1

Note, checking the sending vCPU is sufficient, as the per-VM irqchip_mode
can't be modified after vCPUs are created, i.e. if one vCPU has an
in-kernel local APIC, then all vCPUs have an in-kernel local APIC.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5393cf22312418262679eaadb130d608c75fe690
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874ff13c73c45ecb38cb82191e8c1d523f0dc81b
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8de7f100bb5989d9c3627d3a223ee1c863f3b69
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aca8be4403fb90db7adaf63830e27ebe787a76e8
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca29f58ca374c40a0e69c5306fc5c940a0069074