CVE-2022-48727

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: Avoid consuming a stale esr value when SError occur

When any exception other than an IRQ occurs, the CPU updates the ESR_EL2 register with the exception syndrome. An SError may also become pending, and will be synchronised by KVM. KVM notes the exception type, and whether an SError was synchronised in exit_code.

When an exception other than an IRQ occurs, fixup_guest_exit() updates vcpu->arch.fault.esr_el2 from the hardware register. When an SError was synchronised, the vcpu esr value is used to determine if the exception was due to an HVC. If so, ELR_EL2 is moved back one instruction. This is so that KVM can process the SError first, and re-execute the HVC if the guest survives the SError.

But if an IRQ synchronises an SError, the vcpus esr value is stale. If the previous non-IRQ exception was an HVC, KVM will corrupt ELR_EL2, causing an unrelated guest instruction to be executed twice.

Check ARM_EXCEPTION_CODE() before messing with ELR_EL2, IRQs dont update this register so dont need to check.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c71dbc8a179d99dd9bb7e7fc1888db613cf85de
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57e2986c3b25092691a6e3d6ee9168caf8978932
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1e852746997500f1873f60b954da5f02cc2dba3