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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44948

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44948 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them MTRRs have an obsolete fixed variant for fine grained caching control of the 640K-1MB region that uses separate MSRs. This fixed variant has a separate capability bit in the MTRR capability MSR. So far all x86 CPUs which support MTRR have this separate bit set, so it went unnoticed that mtrr_save_state() does not check the capability bit before accessing the fixed MTRR MSRs. Though on a CPU that does not support the fixed MTRR capability this results in a #GP. The #GP itself is harmless because the RDMSR fault is handled gracefully, but results in a WARN_ON(). Add the missing capability check to prevent this.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 6.1.27-1, 6.1.37-1
Debian:11linux5.10.178-2, 5.10.46-4, 5.10.46-5
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.106-3, 6.1.112-1, *
Debian:14linux0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 4, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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