CVE-2024-40953 (Moderate severity, published 2024-07-11)
CVSS score: 4.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CWE: CWE-362
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()

Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() to access kvm->last_boosted_vcpu to ensure the
loads and stores are atomic.  In the extremely unlikely scenario the
compiler tears the stores, it's theoretically possible for KVM to attempt
to get a vCPU using an out-of-bounds index, e.g. if the write is split
into multiple 8-bit stores, and is paired with a 32-bit load on a VM with
257 vCPUs:

  CPU0                              CPU1
  last_boosted_vcpu = 0xff;

                                    (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100)
                                    last_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01;
  i = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff)
                                    last_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00;

  vcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff];

As detected by KCSAN:

  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm]

  write to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4340 on cpu 16:
  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm
  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel
  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?
		 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel
  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm
  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)
  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)
  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

  read to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4342 on cpu 4:
  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm
  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel
  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?
			arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel
  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm
  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)
  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)
  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

  value changed: 0x00000012 -> 0x00000000
Statement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not impacted by this CVE, as the vulnerability in question does not affect the specific versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions. This ensures that users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not exposed to the potential risks associated with this issue, and no further action or mitigation is necessary for systems running this operating system.
Mitigation: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.