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Description

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Linux kernel crash. The MOV to SS and POP SS instructions inhibit interrupts (including NMIs), data breakpoints, and single step trap exceptions until the instruction boundary following the next instruction (SDM Vol. 3A; section 6.8.3). (The inhibited data breakpoints are those on memory accessed by the MOV to SS or POP to SS instruction itself.) Note that debug exceptions are not inhibited by the interrupt enable (EFLAGS.IF) system flag (SDM Vol. 3A; section 2.3). If the instruction following the MOV to SS or POP to SS instruction is an instruction like SYSCALL, SYSENTER, INT 3, etc. that transfers control to the operating system at CPL < 3, the debug exception is delivered after the transfer to CPL < 3 is complete. OS kernels may not expect this order of events and may therefore experience unexpected behavior when it occurs.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 4.15.17-1 —
Debian 14 xen 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 —
Debian 13 linux 4.15.17-1 —
Debian 13 xen 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 —
Debian 12 linux 4.15.17-1 —
Debian 12 xen 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 —
Debian 9 linux 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 DSA-4196-1
Debian 9 xen 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 DSA-4201-1
Debian 8 linux 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 DSA-4196-1
Debian 8 xen 4.4.4lts4-0+deb8u1 DLA-1577-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 7 linux 3.2.102-1 DLA-1392-1
Debian 7 xen 4.1.6.lts1-14 DLA-1383-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-124.148 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1057.66 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.13.0-1016.19 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-euclid 4.4.0-9027.29 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.13.0-1015.19 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1023.28 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-oem 4.13.0-1026.29 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1089.97 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1092.97 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS linux 3.13.0-147.196 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1019.19 USN-3641-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-124.148~14.04.1 USN-3641-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1008.10 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 imgbased +1 1.0.16-0.1.el7ev RHSA-2018:1524
RHEL 7 kernel-rt +10 3.10.0-862.2.3.rt56.806.el7 RHSA-2018:1355
RHEL 7 ovirt-node-ng +1 4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7 RHSA-2018:1524
RHEL 7 perf +18 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7 RHSA-2018:1318
RHEL 7 redhat-release-virtualization-host +1 4.2-3.0.el7 RHSA-2018:1524
RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host +1 3.6-20180521.0.el7_3 RHSA-2018:1710, RHSA-2018:1524
RHEL 7 rhev-hypervisor7 7.3-20180521.1.el7ev RHSA-2018:1711
RHEL 6 perf +16 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6 RHSA-2018:1319
RHEL 6 rhev-hypervisor7 7.3-20180521.1.el6ev RHSA-2018:1711
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7.4 EUS perf +18 3.10.0-693.25.4.el7 RHSA-2018:1345
RHEL 7.3 EUS perf +18 3.10.0-514.48.3.el7 RHSA-2018:1348
RHEL 7.2 TUS perf +12 3.10.0-327.66.3.el7 RHSA-2018:1347
RHEL 7.2 E4S perf +12 3.10.0-327.66.3.el7 RHSA-2018:1347
RHEL 7.2 AUS perf +12 3.10.0-327.66.3.el7 RHSA-2018:1347
RHEL 6.7 EUS perf +16 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 RHSA-2018:1346
RHEL 6.6 TUS perf +10 2.6.32-504.68.2.el6 RHSA-2018:1351
RHEL 6.6 AUS perf +10 2.6.32-504.68.2.el6 RHSA-2018:1351
RHEL 6.5 AUS perf +10 2.6.32-431.89.2.el6 RHSA-2018:1350
RHEL 6.4 AUS perf +9 2.6.32-358.88.2.el6 RHSA-2018:1349
RHEL 5.9 AUS kernel +10 2.6.18-348.39.2.el5 RHSA-2018:1352
RHEL 5 ELS kernel +12 2.6.18-431.el5 RHSA-2018:1353
Red Hat MRG 2 kernel-rt +10 1:3.10.0-693.25.4.rt56.613.el6rt RHSA-2018:1354
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP3 xen 4.9.2_04-3.29.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1184-1
SLES 12 SP2 kernel-syms +2 4.4.121-92.73.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-2, SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_11 +1 10-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1534-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1524-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_13 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1545-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_14 +1 7-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1548-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1516-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_16 +1 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1518-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1510-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_18 +1 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1530-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1511-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_20 3-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1523-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_21 1-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-2, SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_8 12-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1522-1
SLES 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_9 +1 11-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1536-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1505-1
SLES 12 SP2 xen 4.7.5_02-43.30.1 SUSE-SU-2018:3230-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
SLES 12 SP1 kernel-xen +3 3.12.74-60.64.88.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_15 +1 11-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1521-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1506-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_17 10-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1514-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_18 +2 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1541-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1532-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1531-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_21 8-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1546-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_22 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1519-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_23 5-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1537-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_24 +2 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1528-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1513-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1509-1
SLES 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_27 1-2.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SLES 12 SP1 xen 4.5.5_24-22.46.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1202-1
SLES 12 kernel-ec2 +4 3.12.61-52.128.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1221-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_22 11-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1535-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_23 10-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1517-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_24 +2 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1540-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1529-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1520-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_27 8-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1549-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_28 +1 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1538-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1512-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_30 +2 5-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1543-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1533-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1526-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_33 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1539-1
SLES 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_34 1-1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1221-1
SLES 12 xen 4.4.4_30-22.65.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1177-1
SLES 11 SP4 kernel-ec2 +9 3.0.101-108.41.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1171-1
SLES 11 SP4 xen 4.4.4_30-61.26.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1181-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 11 SP3 kernel-ec2 +7 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1
SLES 11 SP3 xen 4.2.5_21-45.22.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1203-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 xen 4.9.2_04-3.29.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1184-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kernel-syms +2 4.4.121-92.73.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_11 +1 10-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1534-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1524-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_13 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1545-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_14 +1 7-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1548-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1516-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_16 +1 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1518-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1510-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_18 +1 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1530-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1511-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_20 3-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1523-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_21 1-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_8 12-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1522-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_9 +1 11-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1536-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1505-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 xen 4.7.5_02-43.30.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kernel-xen +3 3.12.74-60.64.88.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_15 +1 11-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1521-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1506-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_17 10-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1514-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_18 +2 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1541-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1532-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1531-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_21 8-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1546-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_22 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1519-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_23 5-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1537-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_24 +2 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1528-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1513-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1509-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_27 1-2.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 xen 4.5.5_24-22.46.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1202-1
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 kernel-ec2 +8 3.0.101-108.41.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1171-1
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 xen 4.4.4_30-61.26.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1181-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_1 9-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1643-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_10 3-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1636-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_2 +1 8-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1642-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1641-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_4 7-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1648-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_5 +2 6-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1645-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1640-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1637-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_8 +1 4-2.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1644-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1639-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-syms +2 4.4.121-92.73.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_21 1-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xen 4.7.5_02-43.30.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 kernel-xen +3 3.12.74-60.64.88.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_27 1-2.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 xen 4.5.5_24-22.46.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1202-1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 kernel-ec2 +6 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen 4.2.5_21-45.22.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1203-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 kernel-syms +2 4.4.121-92.73.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_21 1-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 xen 4.7.5_02-43.30.1 SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed xen 4.15.1_01-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.23 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.22 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.21 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.20 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.18 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.17 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.16 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.15 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.14 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.13 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.12 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.10 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.9 xen 4.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.7 xen 4.9.2-r2 —
Alpine v3.6 xen 4.8.3-r1 —
Alpine v3.5 xen 4.7.3-r9 —
Alpine v3.4 xen 4.6.6-r5 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 perf +7 4.14.42-61.37.amzn2 ALAS2-2018-1023

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.7.el6uek 0.4.5-3.el6 ELSA-2018-4098
Oracle Linux 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.7.el7uek 0.4.5-3.el7 ELSA-2018-4098
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek +5 3.8.13-118.20.7.el7uek ELSA-2018-4098, ELSA-2018-4096
Oracle Linux 7 perf +11 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7 ELSA-2018-1318

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 4 repositories

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Advisories 50

References