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CVE-2025-38170

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arm64/fpsimd: Discard stale CPU state when handling SME traps

The logic for handling SME traps manipulates saved FPSIMD/SVE/SME state
incorrectly, and a race with preemption can result in a task having
TIF_SME set and TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE clear even though the live CPU state
is stale (e.g. with SME traps enabled). This can result in warnings from
do_sme_acc() where SME traps are not expected while TIF_SME is set:

|        /* With TIF_SME userspace shouldn't generate any traps */
|        if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SME))
|                WARN_ON(1);

This is very similar to the SVE issue we fixed in commit:

  751ecf6afd6568ad ("arm64/sve: Discard stale CPU state when handling SVE traps")

The race can occur when the SME trap handler is preempted before and
after manipulating the saved FPSIMD/SVE/SME state, starting and ending on
the same CPU, e.g.

| void do_sme_acc(unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
| {
|         // Trap on CPU 0 with TIF_SME clear, SME traps enabled
|         // task->fpsimd_cpu is 0.
|         // per_cpu_ptr(&fpsimd_last_state, 0) is task.
|
|         ...
|
|         // Preempted; migrated from CPU 0 to CPU 1.
|         // TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is set.
|
|         get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
|
|         /* With TIF_SME userspace shouldn't generate any traps */
|         if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SME))
|                 WARN_ON(1);
|
|         if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE)) {
|                 unsigned long vq_minus_one =
|                         sve_vq_from_vl(task_get_sme_vl(current)) - 1;
|                 sme_set_vq(vq_minus_one);
|
|                 fpsimd_bind_task_to_cpu();
|         }
|
|         put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
|
|         // Preempted; migrated from CPU 1 to CPU 0.
|         // task->fpsimd_cpu is still 0
|         // If per_cpu_ptr(&fpsimd_last_state, 0) is still task then:
|         // - Stale HW state is reused (with SME traps enabled)
|         // - TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is cleared
|         // - A return to userspace skips HW state restore
| }

Fix the case where the state is not live and TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is set
by calling fpsimd_flush_task_state() to detach from the saved CPU
state. This ensures that a subsequent context switch will not reuse the
stale CPU state, and will instead set TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE, forcing the
new state to be reloaded from memory prior to a return to userspace.

Note: this was originallly posted as [1].

[ Rutland: rewrite commit message ]

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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version < de89368de3894a8db27caeb8fd902ba1c49f696a
Version 8bd7f91c03d886f41d35f6108078d20be5a4a1bd
Status affected
Version < 43be952e885476dafb74aa832c0847b2f4f650c6
Version 8bd7f91c03d886f41d35f6108078d20be5a4a1bd
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Version < 6103f9ba51a59afb5a0f32299c837377c5a5a693
Version 8bd7f91c03d886f41d35f6108078d20be5a4a1bd
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Version < c4a4786d93e99517d6f10ed56b9ffba4ce88d3b3
Version 8bd7f91c03d886f41d35f6108078d20be5a4a1bd
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Version < d3eaab3c70905c5467e5c4ea403053d67505adeb
Version 8bd7f91c03d886f41d35f6108078d20be5a4a1bd
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 5.19
Status affected
Version < 5.19
Version 0
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.142
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.94
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.34
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.15.*
Version 6.15.3
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 6.16
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Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
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