CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37885

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in KVM for x86 where IRTE is not properly restored to host control when a new GSI route prevents direct interrupt posting to a vCPU. This can lead to incorrect interrupt delivery to the guest and potentially use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of incorrect interrupt delivery to virtual machines, potentially breaking isolation and causing system crashes.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes KVM x86 IRTE restoration to host control.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable Restore an IRTE back to host control (remapped or posted MSI mode) if the *new* GSI route prevents posting the IRQ directly to a vCPU, regardless of the GSI routing type. Updating the IRTE if and only if the new GSI is an MSI results in KVM leaving an IRTE posting to a vCPU. The dangling IRTE can result in interrupts being incorrectly delivered to the guest, and in the worst case scenario can result in use-after-free, e.g. if the VM is torn down, but the underlying host IRQ isn't freed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS