{"cve":"CVE-2024-40953","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:17.560","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:08.820","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()\n\nUse {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() to access kvm->last_boosted_vcpu to ensure the\nloads and stores are atomic.  In the extremely unlikely scenario the\ncompiler tears the stores, it's theoretically possible for KVM to attempt\nto get a vCPU using an out-of-bounds index, e.g. if the write is split\ninto multiple 8-bit stores, and is paired with a 32-bit load on a VM with\n257 vCPUs:\n\n  CPU0                              CPU1\n  last_boosted_vcpu = 0xff;\n\n                                    (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100)\n                                    last_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01;\n  i = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff)\n                                    last_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00;\n\n  vcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff];\n\nAs detected by KCSAN:\n\n  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm]\n\n  write to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4340 on cpu 16:\n  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm\n  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\n  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\n\t\t arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\n  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\n  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\n  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm\n  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)\n  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)\n  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n  read to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4342 on cpu 4:\n  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm\n  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel\n  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?\n\t\t\tarch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel\n  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm\n  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm\n  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm\n  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)\n  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)\n  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n  value changed: 0x00000012 -> 0x00000000","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11a772d5376aa6d3e2e69b5b5c585f79b60c0e17","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f683b41f28918df3e51ddc0d928cb2e934ccdb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c141136a28421b78f34969b25a4fa32e06e2180","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71fbc3af3dacb26c3aa2f30bb3ab05c44d082c84","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82bd728a06e55f5b5f93d10ce67f4fe7e689853a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40953","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09423,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}