CVE-2023-53647
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges. However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of the ACPI namespace root object itself. This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset). This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its ancestors. The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation. I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them. Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root object. Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or disabled. Example stack trace of such oops: [ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60 [ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460 [ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170 [ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0 [ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0 [ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0 [ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200 [ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0 [ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0 [ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0 [ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70 [ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0 [ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90 [ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400 [ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100 [ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0 [ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 [ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 [ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000 [ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus]
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 7, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 8, 2025, 7:38 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Solution
- Update the Linux kernel to the latest version.
- Apply the specific patch addressing the VMBus driver issue.
- Reboot the system after the update.
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Oct. 07, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges. However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of the ACPI namespace root object itself. This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset). This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its ancestors. The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation. I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them. Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root object. Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or disabled. Example stack trace of such oops: [ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60 [ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460 [ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170 [ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0 [ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0 [ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0 [ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200 [ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0 [ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0 [ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0 [ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70 [ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0 [ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90 [ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400 [ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100 [ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0 [ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 [ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 [ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000 [ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus] Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f09d45e94547fbf219f36d1d02ac42742c028c Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78e04bbff849b51b56f5925b1945db2c6e128b61 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96db43aced395844a7abc9a0a5cc702513e3534a Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc162c59edc841032a3553eb2334320abab0784