CVE-2021-47255 Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTKVM-7113389
- published 24 May 2024
- disclosed 21 May 2024
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-kvm.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access
Per the SDM, "any access that touches bytes 4 through 15 of an APIC register may cause undefined behavior and must not be executed." Worse, such an access in kvm_lapic_reg_read can result in a leak of kernel stack contents. Prior to commit 01402cf81051 ("kvm: LAPIC: write down valid APIC registers"), such an access was explicitly disallowed. Restore the guard that was removed in that commit.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47255
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018685461a5b9a9a70e664ac77aef0d7415a3fd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/218bf772bddd221489c38dde6ef8e917131161f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2aff09807fbe4018c269d3773a629949058b210
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf99ea52970caeb4583bdba1192c1f9b53b12c84