Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTCORE-1972695
- published 17 Aug 2021
- disclosed 8 Jun 2021
Introduced: 8 Jun 2021
CVE-2021-38198 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-core.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-core package and not the kernel-rt-core package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38198
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1bd5cba3306691c771d558e94baa73e8b0b96b7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
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