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Improper Access Control Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.55.1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4858611
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12154 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-693.55.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1946.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The prepare_vmcs02 function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 does not ensure that the "CR8-load exiting" and "CR8-store exiting" L0 vmcs02 controls exist in cases where L1 omits the "use TPR shadow" vmcs12 control, which allows KVM L2 guest OS users to obtain read and write access to the hardware CR8 register.