Bug 2365279 (CVE-2025-37885) - CVE-2025-37885 kernel: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable
Summary: CVE-2025-37885 kernel: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route is...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-37885
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-05-09 07:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-09 07:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-09 07:03:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable

Restore an IRTE back to host control (remapped or posted MSI mode) if the
*new* GSI route prevents posting the IRQ directly to a vCPU, regardless of
the GSI routing type.  Updating the IRTE if and only if the new GSI is an
MSI results in KVM leaving an IRTE posting to a vCPU.

The dangling IRTE can result in interrupts being incorrectly delivered to
the guest, and in the worst case scenario can result in use-after-free,
e.g. if the VM is torn down, but the underlying host IRQ isn't freed.


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