CVE-2026-93256

arm64: hibernate: mask DAIF before restoring hibernated kernel

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 17, 2026

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Description

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

arm64: hibernate: mask DAIF before restoring hibernated kernel

The arm64 hibernate code manages the exception masking in an unsound way, leading to potential crashes and/or warnings during resume.

When a hibernation image is saved in `swsusp_arch_suspend()`, all DAIF exceptions are masked (by virtue of `local_daif_save()`), and the suspended image is saved assuming that all DAIF exceptions will remain masked when the image is restored.

When a hibernation image is resumed by `swsusp_arch_resume()`, only interrupts are masked (by virtue of `local_irq_disable()` in `resume_target_kernel()`). When pseudo-NMI is enabled the DAIF.IF bits will be clear, and regardless of pseudo-NMI the DAIF.DA bits will be clear.

This means that there are two problems:

(1) It is possible to take Debug, SError, or pseudo-NMI exceptions during the resume process. This is unsafe, as during the resume process both the old ane new kernels will tranisently be in an inconsistent state, and swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() won't retain an executable mapping of any exception vectors.

Any exception taken here will be fatal and silent.

(2) When re-entering the resumed kernel, some DAIF bits will be clear unexpectedly. This permits Debug, SError, or pseudo-NMI exceptions to be taken for a short period while the resumed kernel is not yet in a consistent state.

This is detected by CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING.

Avoid these issues by masking all DAIF exceptions during resume.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before c9c671e9ab87b639720db8f7f8648bdf0f3bc8ecAffected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 099ad3edcef1d955d9f5d6aab16ae78ecdfd4cdaAffected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 716c41bd476334afb943308be9ff2142e34461b7Affected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 5370853041a3cb53a125b77528586278f64b378bAffected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 290c5b0c9fc0c61fb1c41421ed2394f955206ea0Affected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 012823494e20c3cce622982ebd3fd6971be39ad2Affected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before d736ace2c491623c9ab5e73744085e93e9ae3ebeAffected
  • 82869ac57b5d3b550446932c918dbf2caf020c9e to before 684bde100117931f4c51c644a95f42f2dab041bcAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.7Affected
  • before 4.7Not affected
  • 5.10.270 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.221 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.188 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.110 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.52 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.6 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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