CVE-2024-53114 x86/CPU/AMD: Clear virtualized VMLOAD/VMSAVE on Zen4 client

What is CVE-2024-53114?

CVE-2024-53114 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Dec 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:

x86/CPU/AMD: Clear virtualized VMLOAD/VMSAVE on Zen4 client

A number of Zen4 client SoCs advertise the ability to use virtualized VMLOAD/VMSAVE, but using these instructions is reported to be a cause of a random host reboot.

These instructions aren't intended to be advertised on Zen4 client so clear the capability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53114?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53114?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-53114 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53114 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-54113, AZL-54177, BELL-CVE-2024-53114, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53114, GHSA-rgw8-cw3p-qv66, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-53114 and 3 more.