Bug 2400803 (CVE-2022-50425)

Summary: CVE-2022-50425 kernel: x86/fpu: Fix copy_xstate_to_uabi() to copy init states correctly
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:08:14 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/fpu: Fix copy_xstate_to_uabi() to copy init states correctly

When an extended state component is not present in fpstate, but in init
state, the function copies from init_fpstate via copy_feature().

But, dynamic states are not present in init_fpstate because of all-zeros
init states. Then retrieving them from init_fpstate will explode like this:

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
 ...
 RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10
  ? __copy_xstate_to_uabi_buf+0x381/0x870
  fpu_copy_guest_fpstate_to_uabi+0x28/0x80
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x14c/0x1460 [kvm]
  ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
  ? vmx_vcpu_put+0x2e/0x260 [kvm_intel]
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xea/0x6b0 [kvm]
  ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xea/0x6b0 [kvm]
  ? __fget_light+0xd4/0x130
  __x64_sys_ioctl+0xe3/0x910
  ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
  ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x27/0x50
  do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Adjust the 'mask' to zero out the userspace buffer for the features that
are not available both from fpstate and from init_fpstate.

The dynamic features depend on the compacted XSAVE format. Ensure it is
enabled before reading XCOMP_BV in init_fpstate.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 18:37:08 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100156-CVE-2022-50425-6722@gregkh/T