Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting kernel-rt-modules-internal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTMODULESINTERNAL-1963373
  • published 26 Aug 2021
  • disclosed 31 Mar 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-modules-internal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules-internal package and not the kernel-rt-modules-internal package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 5.11.12 has a use-after-free in which an AMD KVM guest can bypass access control on host OS MSRs when there are nested guests, aka CID-a58d9166a756. This occurs because of a TOCTOU race condition associated with a VMCB12 double fetch in nested_svm_vmrun.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.8 high