vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-48765): linux-fips vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 26, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: LAPIC: Also cancel preemption timer during SET_LAPIC
The below warning is splatting during guest reboot.
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1931 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:10322 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x874/0x880 [kvm]
CPU: 0 PID: 1931 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G I 5.17.0-rc1+ #5
RIP: 0010:kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x874/0x880 [kvm]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x279/0x710 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7fd39797350b
This can be triggered by not exposing tsc-deadline mode and doing a reboot in
the guest. The lapic_shutdown() function which is called in sys_reboot path
will not disarm the flying timer, it just masks LVTT. lapic_shutdown() clears
APIC state w/ LVT_MASKED and timer-mode bit is 0, this can trigger timer-mode
switch between tsc-deadline and oneshot/periodic, which can result in preemption
timer be cancelled in apic_update_lvtt(). However, We can't depend on this when
not exposing tsc-deadline mode and oneshot/periodic modes emulated by preemption
timer. Qemu will synchronise states around reset, let's cancel preemption timer
under KVM_SET_LAPIC.
Solution
References
- CVE-2022-48765
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-48765
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/35fe7cfbab2e81f1afb23fc4212210b1de6d9633
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35fe7cfbab2e81f1afb23fc4212210b1de6d9633
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b3439c8e70e0bcfea59aeef9dd98908cbbf655
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce55f63f6cea4cab8ae9212f73285648a5baa30d
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48765
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