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CVE-2021-46977 KVM: VMX: Disable preemption when probing user return MSRs

🗓️ 28 Feb 2024 08:13:08Reported by LinuxType 
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Resolving CVE-2021-46977 KVM vulnerability in Linux kernel

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[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4be5341026246870818e28b53202b001426a5aec",
        "lessThan": "31f29749ee970c251b3a7e5b914108425940d089",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "4be5341026246870818e28b53202b001426a5aec",
        "lessThan": "5adcdeb57007ccf8ab7ac20bf787ffb6fafb1a94",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "4be5341026246870818e28b53202b001426a5aec",
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "4be5341026246870818e28b53202b001426a5aec",
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.5",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.5",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.38",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.11.22",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.11.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.12.5",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.13",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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