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CVE-2025-38670

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

arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()

`cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()` manipulate SP to change
to different stacks along with the Shadow Call Stack if it is enabled.
Those two stack changes cannot be done atomically and both functions
can be interrupted by SErrors or Debug Exceptions which, though unlikely,
is very much broken : if interrupted, we can end up with mismatched stacks
and Shadow Call Stack leading to clobbered stacks.

In `cpu_switch_to()`, it can happen when SP_EL0 points to the new task,
but x18 stills points to the old task's SCS. When the interrupt handler
tries to save the task's SCS pointer, it will save the old task
SCS pointer (x18) into the new task struct (pointed to by SP_EL0),
clobbering it.

In `call_on_irq_stack()`, it can happen when switching from the task stack
to the IRQ stack and when switching back. In both cases, we can be
interrupted when the SCS pointer points to the IRQ SCS, but SP points to
the task stack. The nested interrupt handler pushes its return addresses
on the IRQ SCS. It then detects that SP points to the task stack,
calls `call_on_irq_stack()` and clobbers the task SCS pointer with
the IRQ SCS pointer, which it will also use !

This leads to tasks returning to addresses on the wrong SCS,
or even on the IRQ SCS, triggering kernel panics via CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
or FPAC if enabled.

This is possible on a default config, but unlikely.
However, when enabling CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI, DAIF is unmasked and
instead the GIC is responsible for filtering what interrupts the CPU
should receive based on priority.
Given the goal of emulating NMIs, pseudo-NMIs can be received by the CPU
even in `cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()`, possibly *very*
frequently depending on the system configuration and workload, leading
to unpredictable kernel panics.

Completely mask DAIF in `cpu_switch_to()` and restore it when returning.
Do the same in `call_on_irq_stack()`, but restore and mask around
the branch.
Mask DAIF even if CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK is not enabled for consistency
of behaviour between all configurations.

Introduce and use an assembly macro for saving and masking DAIF,
as the existing one saves but only masks IF.

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VendorLinux
Product Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version < 407047893a64399f2d2390ff35cc6061107d805d
Version 402d2b1d54b7085d0c3bfd01fd50c2701dde64b3
Status affected
Version < a6b0cb523eaa01efe8a3f76ced493ba60674c6e6
Version 4403c7b7e5e1ad09a266b6e399fd7bf97931508e
Status affected
Version < 9433a5f437b0948d6a2d8a02ad7a42ab7ca27a61
Version 59b37fe52f49955791a460752c37145f1afdcad1
Status affected
Version < 708fd522b86d2a9544c34ec6a86fa3fc23336525
Version 59b37fe52f49955791a460752c37145f1afdcad1
Status affected
Version < 0f67015d72627bad72da3c2084352e0aa134416b
Version 59b37fe52f49955791a460752c37145f1afdcad1
Status affected
Version < d42e6c20de6192f8e4ab4cf10be8c694ef27e8cb
Version 59b37fe52f49955791a460752c37145f1afdcad1
Status affected
Version e47ce4f11e26fa3ea99b09521da8b3ac3a7b578d
Status affected
VendorLinux
Product Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.3
Status affected
Version < 6.3
Version 0
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.15.*
Version 5.15.190
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.149
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.101
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.41
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.15.*
Version 6.15.9
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 6.16
Status unaffected
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
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Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.089
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