CVE-2024-25743 Affecting kernel-uki-virt package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELUKIVIRT-8324119
  • published 4 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 8 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:2758.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uki-virt package and not the kernel-uki-virt package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel through 6.9, an untrusted hypervisor can inject virtual interrupts 0 and 14 at any point in time and can trigger the SIGFPE signal handler in userspace applications. This affects AMD SEV-SNP and AMD SEV-ES.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

7.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

7.1 high