Bug 2571339 (CVE-2025-29940)

Summary: CVE-2025-29940 linux-firmware: SEV Firmware: Guest memory corruption via unverified ownership in segmented RMP
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware. Due to improper ownership verification when the segmented Reverse Map Table (RMP)—a hardware mechanism used to track page ownership—is enabled, a privileged attacker controlling the host hypervisor can overwrite memory belonging to virtual machine guests. This issue allows the attacker to break virtual machine isolation and compromise the integrity of guest data.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-10 21:51:55 UTC
Unverified ownership in Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware could allow a privileged attacker with access to a malicious hypervisor to overwrite guest memory if segmented Reverse Map Table (RMP) is enabled potentially resulting in loss of guest data integrity.