Cross-process SVE disclosure via stale CPU state
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
State-management race in arm64 SVE support in affected Linux kernels allows local users to read another process's SVE predicate state. Preemption can migrate the SVE trap handler away from and back to one CPU, leaving TIF_SVE set while stale hardware state is treated as current and later copied to user space. An unprivileged process on SVE-capable arm64 hardware can drive the race; affected panic_on_warn systems can also crash on the resulting warning.
Summary
What happened
State-management race in arm64 SVE support in affected Linux kernels allows local users to read another process's SVE predicate state. Preemption can migrate the SVE trap handler away from and back to one CPU, leaving TIF_SVE set while stale hardware state is treated as current and later copied to user space. An unprivileged process on SVE-capable arm64 hardware can drive the race; affected panic_on_warn systems can also crash on the resulting warning.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50275
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1529
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.13
- Affected versionversion=cccb78ce89c45a4414db712be4986edfb92434bd <51d11ea0250d6ee461987403bbfd4b2abb5613a7
- Affected versionversion=cccb78ce89c45a4414db712be4986edfb92434bd <51d3d80a6dc314982a9a0aeb0961085922a1aa15
- Affected versionversion=cccb78ce89c45a4414db712be4986edfb92434bd <751ecf6afd6568adc98f2a6052315552c0483d18
- Affected versionversion=cccb78ce89c45a4414db712be4986edfb92434bd <de529504b3274d57caf8f66800b714b0d3ee235a
- Affected versionversion=cccb78ce89c45a4414db712be4986edfb92434bd <fa9ce027b3ce37a2bb173bf2553b5caa438fd8c9
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