Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7557264
- published 24 Jul 2024
- disclosed 4 Aug 2023
Introduced: 4 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-4155 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4740.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) in the Linux kernel. A KVM guest using SEV-ES or SEV-SNP with multiple vCPUs can trigger a double fetch race condition vulnerability and invoke the VMGEXIT handler recursively. If an attacker manages to call the handler multiple times, they can trigger a stack overflow and cause a denial of service or potentially guest-to-host escape in kernel configurations without stack guard pages (CONFIG_VMAP_STACK).