In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/mm: Disable broadcast TLB flush when PCID is disabled
Booting with "nopcid" clears X86_FEATURE_PCID and keeps CR4.PCIDE from being set to one. On AMD CPUs that support INVLPGB, broadcast TLB flushing remains enabled.
There are two checks that decide whether the global ASID code runs, mm_global_asid() and consider_global_asid(), that key off of the X86_FEATURE_INVLPGB feature. Once an mm becomes active on more than three CPUs, consider_global_asid() assigns it a global ASID, after which flush_tlb_mm_range() takes the broadcast_tlb_flush() path using a non-zero PCID. Issuing an INVLPGB with a non-zero PCID while CR4.PCIDE is not set results in a #GP:
Oops: general protection fault, kernel NULL pointer dereference 0x1: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 158 UID: 0 PID: 3119 Comm: snap Not tainted 7.1.0-rc3 #1 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: ... RIP: 0010:broadcast_tlb_flush Code: ... 89 da 48 83 c8 07 <0f> 01 fe eb 08 cc cc cc ... Call Trace: <TASK> flush_tlb_mm_range ptep_clear_flush wp_page_copy ? _raw_spin_unlock __handle_mm_fault handle_mm_fault do_user_addr_fault exc_page_fault asm_exc_page_fault
All processors that support broadcast TLB invalidation also have PCID support, so it is only the "nopcid" scenario that is of concern. In this situation just disable the broadcast TLB support using the CPUID dependency support by making X86_FEATURE_INVLPGB dependent on X86_FEATURE_PCID.
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CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.127Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo | Aug 18, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
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