Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-21913x86/amd_nb: Use rdmsr_safe() in amd_get_mmconfig_range()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/amd_nb: Use rdmsr_safe() in amd_get_mmconfig_range() Xen doesn't offer MSR_FAM10H_MMIO_CONF_BASE to all guests. This results in the following warning: unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0xc0010058 at rIP: 0xffffffff8101d19f (xen_do_read_msr+0x7f/0xa0) Call Trace: xen_read_msr+0x1e/0x30 amd_get_mmconfig_range+0x2b/0x80 quirk_amd_mmconfig_area+0x28/0x100 pnp_fixup_device+0x39/0x50 __pnp_add_device+0xf/0x150 pnp_add_device+0x3d/0x100 pnpacpi_add_device_handler+0x1f9/0x280 acpi_ns_get_device_callback+0x104/0x1c0 acpi_ns_walk_namespace+0x1d0/0x260 acpi_get_devices+0x8a/0xb0 pnpacpi_init+0x50/0x80 do_one_initcall+0x46/0x2e0 kernel_init_freeable+0x1da/0x2f0 kernel_init+0x16/0x1b0 ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 based on quirks for a "PNP0c01" device. Treating MMCFG as disabled is the right course of action, so no change is needed there. This was most likely exposed by fixing the Xen MSR accessors to not be silently-safe.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.133-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21913
Debian:13linux6.12.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21913
Debian:14linux6.12.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1USN-7766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44USN-7802-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1USN-7628-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1USN-7802-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27USN-7809-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7605-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1USN-7766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-7605-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1USN-7764-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1USN-7801-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37USN-7779-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1USN-7779-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2USN-7605-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24USN-7606-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38USN-7801-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1USN-7801-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43USN-7790-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21913

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3fac3734c43a2e21fefeb72124d8bd31dff3956f – before 0c65d13bdcc54e5b924ebe790f85a7f01bfe1cb13fac3734c43a2e21fefeb72124d8bd31dff3956f – before 8f43ba5ee498fe037d1570f6868d9aeaf49dda803fac3734c43a2e21fefeb72124d8bd31dff3956f – before ebf6a763904e42dabeb2e270ceb0bbe0f825d7ae3fac3734c43a2e21fefeb72124d8bd31dff3956f – before 923fede9eae9865af305bcdf8f111e4b62ae4bda3fac3734c43a2e21fefeb72124d8bd31dff3956f – before 14cb5d83068ecf15d2da6f7d0e9ea9edbcbc0457
Linux Linux 6.1

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