CVE-2025-68171
x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 16, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery
Sean reported [1] the following splat when running KVM tests:
WARNING: CPU: 232 PID: 15391 at xfd_validate_state+0x65/0x70 Call Trace: <TASK> fpu__clear_user_states+0x9c/0x100 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x142/0x210 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x55/0x100 do_syscall_64+0x205/0x2c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Chao further identified [2] a reproducible scenario involving signal delivery: a non-AMX task is preempted by an AMX-enabled task which modifies the XFD MSR.
When the non-AMX task resumes and reloads XSTATE with init values, a warning is triggered due to a mismatch between fpstate::xfd and the CPU's current XFD state. fpu__clear_user_states() does not currently re-synchronize the XFD state after such preemption.
Invoke xfd_update_state() which detects and corrects the mismatch if there is a dynamic feature.
This also benefits the sigreturn path, as fpu__restore_sig() may call fpu__clear_user_states() when the sigframe is inaccessible.
[ dhansen: minor changelog munging ]
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eefbfb722042fc9210d2e0ac2b063fd1abf51895
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1811c610653c0cd21cc9add14595b7cffaeca511
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b2619b488f1d08b960c43c6468dd0759e8b3035
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f735419c4b43cde42e6d408db39137b82474e31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388eff894d6bc5f921e9bfff0e4b0ab2684a96e9
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