{"cve":"CVE-2024-55881","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-11T13:15:28.197","modified":"2026-06-17T08:11:24.107","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86: Play nice with protected guests in complete_hypercall_exit()\n\nUse is_64_bit_hypercall() instead of is_64_bit_mode() to detect a 64-bit\nhypercall when completing said hypercall.  For guests with protected state,\ne.g. SEV-ES and SEV-SNP, KVM must assume the hypercall was made in 64-bit\nmode as the vCPU state needed to detect 64-bit mode is unavailable.\n\nHacking the sev_smoke_test selftest to generate a KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE\nhypercall via VMGEXIT trips the WARN:\n\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  WARNING: CPU: 273 PID: 326626 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.h:180 complete_hypercall_exit+0x44/0xe0 [kvm]\n  Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm ... [last unloaded: kvm]\n  CPU: 273 UID: 0 PID: 326626 Comm: sev_smoke_test Not tainted 6.12.0-smp--392e932fa0f3-feat #470\n  Hardware name: Google Astoria/astoria, BIOS 0.20240617.0-0 06/17/2024\n  RIP: 0010:complete_hypercall_exit+0x44/0xe0 [kvm]\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x2400/0x2720 [kvm]\n   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x54f/0x630 [kvm]\n   __se_sys_ioctl+0x6b/0xc0\n   do_syscall_64+0x83/0x160\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n   </TASK>\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0840d360a8909c722fb62459f42836afe32ededb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b5c2acd65dbe949032f619d4758a35a82fffc3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2634ec0d1dbe8f4b511cf5261f327c6a76f4b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed4db315094963de0678a8adfd43c46471b9349","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b42d1e8e4fe9dc631162c04caa69b0d1860b0f0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:58:20.756570362+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-55881","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.11027,"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."]}