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CVE-2025-37957
published 2025-05-20

CVE-2025-37957: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Forcibly leave SMM mode on SHUTDOWN interception Previously, commit ed129ec9057f…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.16%
5.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Forcibly leave SMM mode on SHUTDOWN interception Previously, commit ed129ec9057f ("KVM: x86: forcibly leave nested mode on vCPU reset") addressed an issue where a triple fault occurring in nested mode could lead to use-after-free scenarios. However, the commit did not handle the analogous situation for System Management Mode (SMM). This omission results in triggering a WARN when KVM forces a vCPU INIT after SHUTDOWN interception while the vCPU is in SMM. This situation was reprodused using Syzkaller by: 1) Creating a KVM VM and vCPU 2) Sending a KVM_SMI ioctl to explicitly enter SMM 3) Executing invalid instructions causing consecutive exceptions and eventually a triple fault The issue manifests as follows: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 25506 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:12112 kvm_vcpu_reset+0x1d2/0x1530 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:12112 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 25506 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.130-syzkaller-00157-g164fe5dde9b6 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kvm_vcpu_reset+0x1d2/0x1530 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:12112 Call Trace: shutdown_interception+0x66/0xb0 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:2136 svm_invoke_exit_handler+0x110/0x530 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:3395 svm_handle_exit+0x424/0x920 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:3457 vcpu_enter_guest arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:10959 [inline] vcpu_run+0x2c43/0x5a90 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11062 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x50f/0x1cf0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11283 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x570/0xf00 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4122 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x19a/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 Architecturally, INIT is blocked when the CPU is in SMM, hence KVM's WARN() in kvm_vcpu_reset() to guard agains

Affected

40 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.29-1 (forky)linux 6.12.29-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 5.15.81 < 5.165.16
linuxlinux>= 6.0.11 < 6.16.1
linuxlinux>= ed129ec9057f89d615ba0c81a4984a90345a1684 < ec24e62a1dd3540ee696314422040180040c1e4aec24e62a1dd3540ee696314422040180040c1e4a
linuxlinux>= ed129ec9057f89d615ba0c81a4984a90345a1684 < d362b21fefcef7eda8f1cd78a5925735d2b3287cd362b21fefcef7eda8f1cd78a5925735d2b3287c
linuxlinux>= ed129ec9057f89d615ba0c81a4984a90345a1684 < e9b28bc65fd3a56755ba503258024608292b4ab1e9b28bc65fd3a56755ba503258024608292b4ab1
linuxlinux>= ed129ec9057f89d615ba0c81a4984a90345a1684 < a2620f8932fa9fdabc3d78ed6efb004ca409019fa2620f8932fa9fdabc3d78ed6efb004ca409019f
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.29-16.12.29-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.29-16.12.29-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.81 < 5.165.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0.11 < 6.16.1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1.1 < 6.6.926.6.92
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.14.76.14.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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