# CVE-2024-47716: ARM: 9410/1: vfp: Use asm volatile in fmrx/fmxr macros

> A flaw in ARM VFP macros allows userspace floating-point instructions to crash the kernel, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-51300, BELL-CVE-2024-47716, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47716, GHSA-h79v-798m-6jc3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47716

## What is CVE-2024-47716?

CVE-2024-47716 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47716?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47716?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-47716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47716 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47716 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47716
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47716
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47716

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
