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CVE-2024-36912: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl

CriticalCVSS 9.6 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 38/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.96% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.1% of all records.
  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1999644d95194d4a58d3e80ad04ce19220a01a81, 211f514ebf1ef5de37b1cf6df9d28a56cfd242ca, 8e62341f5c45b27519b7d193bcc32ada416ad9d8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1999644d95194d4a58d3e80ad04ce19220a01a81, 211f514ebf1ef5de37b1cf6df9d28a56cfd242ca, 8e62341f5c45b27519b7d193bcc32ada416ad9d8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host to cause set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an error is returned and the resulting memory is shared. Callers need to take care to handle these errors to avoid returning decrypted (shared) memory to the page allocator, which could lead to functional or security issues. In order to make sure callers of vmbus_establish_gpadl() and vmbus_teardown_gpadl() don't return decrypted/shared pages to allocators, add a field in struct vmbus_gpadl to keep track of the decryption status of the buffers. This will allow the callers to know if they should free or leak the pages.

Published
May 30, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 62th percentile

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Action score

38

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
38 / 40 · 9.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
9.6
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.16affected
    • d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 and later · before 1999644d95194d4a58d3e80ad04ce19220a01a81affected · git
    • d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 and later · before 8e62341f5c45b27519b7d193bcc32ada416ad9d8affected · git
    • d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 and later · before bfae56be077ba14311509e70706a13458f87ea99affected · git
    • d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9 and later · before 211f514ebf1ef5de37b1cf6df9d28a56cfd242caaffected · git
    • before 5.16not affected · semver
    • 6.1.91 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.31 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.8.10 and later · up to and including 6.8.*not affected · semver
    • 6.9 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.94-16.1.94-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.8.11-16.8.11-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-36909May 30, 2024 · Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-36910May 30, 2024 · uio_hv_generic: Don't free decrypted memory
    33Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-36913May 30, 2024 · Drivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails
    37Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1999644d95194d4a58d3e80ad04ce19220a01a81Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux211f514ebf1ef5de37b1cf6df9d28a56cfd242caVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8e62341f5c45b27519b7d193bcc32ada416ad9d8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbfae56be077ba14311509e70706a13458f87ea99Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.94-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-369130 days apartDrivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails
    37Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

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