Skip to content
Not rated

CVE-2025-21779 KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Linux 6.14 earliest → < 6.14 6.14
Linux 6.13 earliest → < 6.13.4 6.13.4
Linux 6.12 earliest → < 6.12.16 6.12.16
Linux 6.6 earliest → < 6.6.79 6.6.79
Linux 6.1 earliest → < 6.1.129 6.1.129
Linux 5.15 earliest → < 5.15.179 5.15.179
Linux 5.10 earliest → < 5.10.236 5.10.236
Linux 4.20 No fix stated
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Versions not published
The 18286 CVEs of Linux →
Track this CVE