FKIE_CVE-2023-54172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-30 13:16 - Updated: 2025-12-31 20:43
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/hyperv: Disable IBT when hypercall page lacks ENDBR instruction On hardware that supports Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT), Hyper-V VMs with ConfigVersion 9.3 or later support IBT in the guest. However, current versions of Hyper-V have a bug in that there's not an ENDBR64 instruction at the beginning of the hypercall page. Since hypercalls are made with an indirect call to the hypercall page, all hypercall attempts fail with an exception and Linux panics. A Hyper-V fix is in progress to add ENDBR64. But guard against the Linux panic by clearing X86_FEATURE_IBT if the hypercall page doesn't start with ENDBR. The VM will boot and run without IBT. If future Linux 32-bit kernels were to support IBT, additional hypercall page hackery would be needed to make IBT work for such kernels in a Hyper-V VM.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73626b70b361ddda7c380e52c236aa4f2487c402
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98cccbd0a19a161971bc7f7feb10577adc62c400
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ace2a776442d80674eff9ed42e737f7dd95056
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/hyperv: Disable IBT when hypercall page lacks ENDBR instruction\n\nOn hardware that supports Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT), Hyper-V VMs\nwith ConfigVersion 9.3 or later support IBT in the guest. However,\ncurrent versions of Hyper-V have a bug in that there\u0027s not an ENDBR64\ninstruction at the beginning of the hypercall page. Since hypercalls are\nmade with an indirect call to the hypercall page, all hypercall attempts\nfail with an exception and Linux panics.\n\nA Hyper-V fix is in progress to add ENDBR64. But guard against the Linux\npanic by clearing X86_FEATURE_IBT if the hypercall page doesn\u0027t start\nwith ENDBR. The VM will boot and run without IBT.\n\nIf future Linux 32-bit kernels were to support IBT, additional hypercall\npage hackery would be needed to make IBT work for such kernels in a\nHyper-V VM."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-54172",
  "lastModified": "2025-12-31T20:43:05.160",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:05.050",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73626b70b361ddda7c380e52c236aa4f2487c402"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98cccbd0a19a161971bc7f7feb10577adc62c400"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ace2a776442d80674eff9ed42e737f7dd95056"
    }
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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