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High severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended capability

There are cases where a PCIe extended capability should be hidden from
the user. For example, an unknown capability (i.e., capability with ID
greater than PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_MAX) or a capability that is intentionally
chosen to be hidden from the user.

Hiding a capability is done by virtualizing and modifying the 'Next
Capability Offset' field of the previous capability so it points to the
capability after the one that should be hidden.

The special case where the first capability in the list should be hidden
is handled differently because there is no previous capability that can
be modified. In this case, the capability ID and version are zeroed
while leaving the next pointer intact. This hides the capability and
leaves an anchor for the rest of the capability list.

However, today, hiding the first capability in the list is not done
properly if the capability is unknown, as struct
vfio_pci_core_device->pci_config_map is set to the capability ID during
initialization but the capability ID is not properly checked later when
used in vfio_config_do_rw(). This leads to the following warning [1] and
to an out-of-bounds access to ecap_perms array.

Fix it by checking cap_id in vfio_config_do_rw(), and if it is greater
than PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_MAX, use an alternative struct perm_bits for direct
read only access instead of the ecap_perms array.

Note that this is safe since the above is the only case where cap_id can
exceed PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_MAX (except for the special capabilities, which
are already checked before).

[1]

WARNING: CPU: 118 PID: 5329 at drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1900 vfio_pci_config_rw+0x395/0x430 [vfio_pci_core]
CPU: 118 UID: 0 PID: 5329 Comm: simx-qemu-syste Not tainted 6.12.0+ #1
(snip)
Call Trace:

? show_regs+0x69/0x80
? __warn+0x8d/0x140
? vfio_pci_config_rw+0x395/0x430 [vfio_pci_core]
? report_bug+0x18f/0x1a0
? handle_bug+0x63/0xa0
? exc_invalid_op+0x19/0x70
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
? vfio_pci_config_rw+0x395/0x430 [vfio_pci_core]
? vfio_pci_config_rw+0x244/0x430 [vfio_pci_core]
vfio_pci_rw+0x101/0x1b0 [vfio_pci_core]
vfio_pci_core_read+0x1d/0x30 [vfio_pci_core]
vfio_device_fops_read+0x27/0x40 [vfio]
vfs_read+0xbd/0x340
? vfio_device_fops_unl_ioctl+0xbb/0x740 [vfio]
? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0xa4/0x4b0
__x64_sys_pread64+0x96/0xc0
x64_sys_call+0x1c3d/0x20d0
do_syscall_64+0x4d/0x120
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Nov 3, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Validation of Array Index

The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53214

GHSA ID

GHSA-4rwh-4cv9-9p66

Source code

No known source code

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