CVE-2024-53241
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S. This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations. This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-20518.html
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383441
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376076
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369184
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2363380
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2360215
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351633
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351629
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351625
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351624
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351620
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351618
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351616
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351613
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351612
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351608
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2351606
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350726
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350725
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350589
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350585
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350400
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350397
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350396
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350392
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350388
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350386
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350375
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350374
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350367
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2350363
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348901
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348654
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348650
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348645
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348634
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348625
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348620
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348615
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348601
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348600
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348597
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348595
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348587
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348585
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348584
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348581
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348578
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348577
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348574
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348573
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348566
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348556
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348554
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348550
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348547
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348543
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348541
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348528
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348523
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348515
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348279
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348240
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348238
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348071
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348022
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347968
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347919
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347859
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347807
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347781
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347759
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347753
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2347707
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2346272
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2345240
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2344687
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2344684
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2343175
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2343172
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2338832
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2338828
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2338814
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2337124
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2337121
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2336541
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334829
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334795
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334676
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334560
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334548
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334547
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334537
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334439
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334415
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334396
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334357
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2330341
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2329918
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327887
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327374
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327203
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324549
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320722
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320616
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320455
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320259
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320172
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2313092
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312077
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2298169
Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3894.html
Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3894
Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3893.html
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2333971
Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2331326
Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3893
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53241
Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20518
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53241.html
Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:3893
Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:3894
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20518
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.123-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.234-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.12.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.12.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.6-1 |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.noarch.rpm |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20518
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:3894
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:3893
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53241.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20518
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53241
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3893
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2331326
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2333971
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3893.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3894
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3894.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2298169
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2313092
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320259
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320455
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320616
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320722
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324549
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327203
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327374
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2329918
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.