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ARM: 9410/1: vfp: Use asm volatile in fmrx/fmxr macros

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

ARM: 9410/1: vfp: Use asm volatile in fmrx/fmxr macros

Floating point instructions in userspace can crash some arm kernels
built with clang/LLD 17.0.6:

BUG: unsupported FP instruction in kernel mode
FPEXC == 0xc0000780
Internal error: Oops - undefined instruction: 0 [#1] ARM
CPU: 0 PID: 196 Comm: vfp-reproducer Not tainted 6.10.0 #1
Hardware name: BCM2835
PC is at vfp_support_entry+0xc8/0x2cc
LR is at do_undefinstr+0xa8/0x250
pc : [<c0101d50>] lr : [<c010a80c>] psr: a0000013
sp : dc8d1f68 ip : 60000013 fp : bedea19c
r10: ec532b17 r9 : 00000010 r8 : 0044766c
r7 : c0000780 r6 : ec532b17 r5 : c1c13800 r4 : dc8d1fb0
r3 : c10072c4 r2 : c0101c88 r1 : ec532b17 r0 : 0044766c
Flags: NzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none
Control: 00c5387d Table: 0251c008 DAC: 00000051
Register r0 information: non-paged memory
Register r1 information: vmalloc memory
Register r2 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
Register r3 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
Register r4 information: 2-page vmalloc region
Register r5 information: slab kmalloc-cg-2k
Register r6 information: vmalloc memory
Register r7 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
Register r8 information: non-paged memory
Register r9 information: zero-size pointer
Register r10 information: vmalloc memory
Register r11 information: non-paged memory
Register r12 information: non-paged memory
Process vfp-reproducer (pid: 196, stack limit = 0x61aaaf8b)
Stack: (0xdc8d1f68 to 0xdc8d2000)
1f60: 0000081f b6f69300 0000000f c10073f4 c10072c4 dc8d1fb0
1f80: ec532b17 0c532b17 0044766c b6f9ccd8 00000000 c010a80c 00447670 60000010
1fa0: ffffffff c1c13800 00c5387d c0100f10 b6f68af8 00448fc0 00000000 bedea188
1fc0: bedea314 00000001 00448ebc b6f9d000 00447608 b6f9ccd8 00000000 bedea19c
1fe0: bede9198 bedea188 b6e1061c 0044766c 60000010 ffffffff 00000000 00000000
Call trace:
[<c0101d50>] (vfp_support_entry) from [<c010a80c>] (do_undefinstr+0xa8/0x250)
[<c010a80c>] (do_undefinstr) from [<c0100f10>] (__und_usr+0x70/0x80)
Exception stack(0xdc8d1fb0 to 0xdc8d1ff8)
1fa0: b6f68af8 00448fc0 00000000 bedea188
1fc0: bedea314 00000001 00448ebc b6f9d000 00447608 b6f9ccd8 00000000 bedea19c
1fe0: bede9198 bedea188 b6e1061c 0044766c 60000010 ffffffff
Code: 0a000061 e3877202 e594003c e3a09010 (eef16a10)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

This is a minimal userspace reproducer on a Raspberry Pi Zero W:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int main(void)
{
double v = 1.0;
printf("%fn", NAN + *(volatile double *)&v);
return 0;
}

Another way to consistently trigger the oops is:

calvin@raspberry-pi-zero-w ~$ python -c "import json"

The bug reproduces only when the kernel is built with DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n,
because the pr_debug() calls act as barriers even when not activated.

This is the output from the same kernel source built with the same
compiler and DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y, where the userspace reproducer works as
expected:

VFP: bounce: trigger ec532b17 fpexc c0000780
VFP: emulate: INST=0xee377b06 SCR=0x00000000
VFP: bounce: trigger eef1fa10 fpexc c0000780
VFP: emulate: INST=0xeeb40b40 SCR=0x00000000
VFP: raising exceptions 30000000

calvin@raspberry-pi-zero-w ~$ ./vfp-reproducer
nan

Crudely grepping for vmsr/vmrs instructions in the otherwise nearly
idential text for vfp_support_entry() makes the problem obvious:

vmlinux.llvm.good [0xc0101cb8] <+48>: vmrs r7, fpexc
vmlinux.llvm.good [0xc0101cd8] <+80>: vmsr fpexc, r0
vmlinux.llvm.good [0xc0101d20
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.6 6.6.54

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 6.11.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.56.1-5 —

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