In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT
Treat the NX bit as valid when using NPT, as KVM will set the NX bit when
the NX huge page mitigation is enabled (mindblowing) and trigger the WARN
that fires on reserved SPTE bits being set.
KVM has required NX support for SVM since commit b26a71a1a5b9 ("KVM: SVM:
Refuse to load kvm_amd if NX support is not available") for exactly this
reason, but apparently it never occurred to anyone to actually test NPT
with the mitigation enabled.
------------[ cut here ]------------
spte = 0x800000018a600ee7, level = 2, rsvd bits = 0x800f0000001fe000
WARNING: CPU: 152 PID: 15966 at arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c:215 make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm]
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 10.48.0 01/27/2022
RIP: 0010:make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
tdp_mmu_map_handle_target_level+0xc3/0x230 [kvm]
kvm_tdp_mmu_map+0x343/0x3b0 [kvm]
direct_page_fault+0x1ae/0x2a0 [kvm]
kvm_tdp_page_fault+0x7d/0x90 [kvm]
kvm_mmu_page_fault+0xfb/0x2e0 [kvm]
npf_interception+0x55/0x90 [kvm_amd]
svm_invoke_exit_handler+0x31/0xf0 [kvm_amd]
svm_handle_exit+0xf6/0x1d0 [kvm_amd]
vcpu_enter_guest+0xb6d/0xee0 [kvm]
? kvm_pmu_trigger_event+0x6d/0x230 [kvm]
vcpu_run+0x65/0x2c0 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x355/0x610 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x551/0x610 [kvm]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x77/0xc0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x1d/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xa0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT Treat the NX bit as valid when using NPT, as KVM will set the NX bit when the NX huge page mitigation is enabled (mindblowing) and trigger the WARN that fires on reserved SPTE bits being set. KVM has required NX support for SVM since commit b26a71a1a5b9 ("KVM: SVM: Refuse to load kvm_amd if NX support is not available") for exactly this reason, but apparently it never occurred to anyone to actually test NPT with the mitigation enabled. ------------[ cut here ]------------ spte = 0x800000018a600ee7, level = 2, rsvd bits = 0x800f0000001fe000 WARNING: CPU: 152 PID: 15966 at arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c:215 make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm] Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 10.48.0 01/27/2022 RIP: 0010:make_spte+0x327/0x340 [kvm] Call Trace: <TASK> tdp_mmu_map_handle_target_level+0xc3/0x230 [kvm] kvm_tdp_mmu_map+0x343/0x3b0 [kvm] direct_page_fault+0x1ae/0x2a0 [kvm] kvm_tdp_page_fault+0x7d/0x90 [kvm] kvm_mmu_page_fault+0xfb/0x2e0 [kvm] npf_interception+0x55/0x90 [kvm_amd] svm_invoke_exit_handler+0x31/0xf0 [kvm_amd] svm_handle_exit+0xf6/0x1d0 [kvm_amd] vcpu_enter_guest+0xb6d/0xee0 [kvm] ? kvm_pmu_trigger_event+0x6d/0x230 [kvm] vcpu_run+0x65/0x2c0 [kvm] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x355/0x610 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x551/0x610 [kvm] __se_sys_ioctl+0x77/0xc0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1d/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x44/0xa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- | |
| Title | KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-06-18T11:03:57.954Z
Updated: 2025-07-15T15:43:49.693Z
Reserved: 2025-06-18T10:57:27.431Z
Link: CVE-2022-50224
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-18T11:15:53.410
Modified: 2025-06-18T13:47:40.833
Link: CVE-2022-50224
Redhat