CVE-2024-46864: x86/hyperv: fix kexec crash due to VP assist page corruption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-46864 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 16Timeline
- 27-09-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/hyperv: fix kexec crash due to VP assist page corruption commit 9636be85cc5b ("x86/hyperv: Fix hyperv_pcpu_input_arg handling when CPUs go online/offline") introduces a new cpuhp state for hyperv initialization. cpuhp_setup_state() returns the state number if state is CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN or CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN and 0 for all other states. For the hyperv case, since a new cpuhp state was introduced it would return 0. However, in hv_machine_shutdown(), the cpuhp_remove_state() call is conditioned upon "hyperv_init_cpuhp > 0". This will never be true and so hv_cpu_die() won't be called on all CPUs. This means the VP assist page won't be reset. When the kexec kernel tries to setup the VP assist page again, the hypervisor corrupts the memory region of the old VP assist page causing a panic in case the kexec kernel is using that memory elsewhere. This was originally fixed in commit dfe94d4086e4 ("x86/hyperv: Fix kexec panic/hang issues"). Get rid of hyperv_init_cpuhp entirely since we are no longer using a dynamic cpuhp state and use CPUHP_AP_HYPERV_ONLINE directly with cpuhp_remove_state().
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu93 products
- linux< 6.8.0-50.51
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c, < 2ae1beb3ab4f28868cc5d1541d05e1fbee3ad825 | ≥ 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c, < d6f018a3b49d0a94ddbd0e479c2af6b19724e434 | ≥ 9636be85cc5bdd8b7a7f6a53405cbcc52161c93c, < b9af6418279c4cf73ca073f8ea024992b38be8ab | 6.4
- linux_kernel≥ 6.4, < 6.6.52 | ≥ 6.7, ≤ 6.10.11 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5 | 6.11:rc6 | 6.11:rc7
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.10.11-1
3 vendors · 96 products
