Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.6-rc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6047309
  • published6 Nov 2023
  • disclosed6 Nov 2023
  • creditMaxim Levitsky

Introduced: 6 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5090  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-703  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6-rc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions via the svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() function due to an improper check. An attacker can gain direct access to host x2apic msrs when the guest resets its apic.

CVSS Base Scores

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