Vulnerability · Published Nov 8, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50193x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-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 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.1% 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/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return CPU buffers are currently cleared after call to exc_nmi, but before register state is restored. This may be okay for MDS mitigation but not for RDFS. Because RDFS mitigation requires CPU buffers to be cleared when registers don't have any sensitive data. Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS after RESTORE_ALL_NMI.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50193
Debian:13linux6.11.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50193
Debian:14linux6.11.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-56.58UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85USN-7308-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1026.28~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73USN-7289-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79USN-7289-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1076.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1024.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1024.27~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1024.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75USN-7305-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1044.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50193

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 50f021f0b985629accf10481a6e89af8b9700583 – before 6f44a5fc15b5cece0785bc07453db77d99b0a6ded54de9f2a127090f2017184e8257795b487d5312 – before b6400eb0b347821efc57760221f8fb6d63b9548a2e3087505ddb8ba2d3d4c81306cca11e868fcdb9 – before 43778de19d2ef129636815274644b9c16e78c66bca13d8cd8dac25558da4ee8df4dc70e8e7f9d762 – before 227358e89703c344008119be7e8ffa3fdb5b92dea0e2dab44d22b913b4c228c8b52b2a104434b0b3 – before 64adf22c4bc73ede920baca5defefb70f190cdbca0e2dab44d22b913b4c228c8b52b2a104434b0b3 – before 48a2440d0f20c826b884e04377ccc1e4696c84e951eca9f1fd047b500137d021f882d93f032801185.10.215 – before 5.10.228
Linux Linux 6.8

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