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TI-2023-30570 Aliases CVE-2023-54296GHSA-68cr-cmrr-85gj

KVM: SVM: Get source vCPUs from source VM for SEV-ES intrahost migration

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 2 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Get source vCPUs from source VM for SEV-ES intrahost migration Fix a goof where KVM tries to grab source vCPUs from the destination VM when doing intrahost migration. Grabbing the wrong vCPU not only hoses the guest, it also crashes the host due to the VMSA pointer being left NULL. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe38687000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 39 PID: 17143 Comm: sev_migrate_tes Tainted: GO 6.5.0-smp--fff2e47e6c3b-next #151 Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 34.28.0 07/10/2023 RIP: 0010:__free_pages+0x15/0xd0 RSP: 0018:ffff923fcf6e3c78 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffe38687000000 RCX: 0000000000000100 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffe38687000000 RBP: ffff923fcf6e3c88 R08: ffff923fcafb0000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff83619b90 R12: ffff923fa9540000 R13: 0000000000080007 R14: ffff923f6d35d000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff929d0d7c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffffe38687000000 CR3: 0000005224c34005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> sev_free_vcpu+0xcb/0x110 [kvm_amd] svm_vcpu_free+0x75/0xf0 [kvm_amd] kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy+0x36/0x140 [kvm] kvm_destroy_vcpus+0x67/0x100 [kvm] kvm_arch_destroy_vm+0x161/0x1d0 [kvm] kvm_put_kvm+0x276/0x560 [kvm] kvm_vm_release+0x25/0x30 [kvm] __fput+0x106/0x280 ____fput+0x12/0x20 task_work_run+0x86/0xb0 do_exit+0x2e3/0x9c0 do_group_exit+0xb1/0xc0 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x1b/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x41/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> CR2: ffffe38687000000

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00199 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.19, 6.1.54, 6.5.4 +1Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 7 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.18.8 to before 5.195.19Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux5.19 and later6.1.54, 6.5.4, 6.6Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.18.8 to before 5.19 Fixed in 5.19 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.19 and later Fixed in 6.1.54, 6.5.4, 6.6 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.19
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.54, 6.5.4, 6.6

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:0065 Released 2025-01-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.34.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.34.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.34.1.el8_10 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.34.1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2024:2394 Released 2024-04-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, libperf-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2025:0065
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2025:0065
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54296
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68cr-cmrr-85gj

References

Other 3

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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