Kernel: KVM: potential use-after-free via kvm_ioctl_create_device()

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor implements its device control API. While creating a device via kvmioctlcreatedevice, the device holds a reference to a VM object, later this reference is transferred to the caller's file descriptor table. If suc...

USN-4185-3 linux, linux-hwe, linux-oem vulnerability and regression

USN-4185-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. Also, the update introduced a regression that broke KVM guests where extended page tables EPT are...

Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest

An information leakage issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled page fault exceptions while emulating instructions like VMXON, VMCLEAR, VMPTRLD, and VMWRITE with memory address as an operand. It occurs if the operand is a mmio address, as the returned exception object hold...

Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor implements the Coalesced MMIO write operation. It operates on an MMIO ring buffer 'struct kvmcoalescedmmio' object, wherein write indices 'ring-first' and 'ring-last' value could be supplied by a host user-space...

kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this fla...

kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this fla...

Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest

An information leakage issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled page fault exceptions while emulating instructions like VMXON, VMCLEAR, VMPTRLD, and VMWRITE with memory address as an operand. It occurs if the operand is a mmio address, as the returned exception object hold...

kernel: kvm: guest userspace to guest kernel write

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilegeCPL level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside...

Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest

An information leakage issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled page fault exceptions while emulating instructions like VMXON, VMCLEAR, VMPTRLD, and VMWRITE with memory address as an operand. It occurs if the operand is a mmio address, as the returned exception object hold...

AZL-34854 CVE-2019-3887 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.35.1-4

A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled x2APIC Machine Specific Rregister MSR access with nested=1 virtualization enabled. In that, L1 guest could access L0's APIC register values via L2 guest, when 'virtualize x2APIC mode' is enabled. A guest could use this flaw to potentially crash t...

The vulnerability of the virtualization subsystem in Linux kernel-based virtual machines allows attackers to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the KVM virtualization subsystem in the Linux operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges...

USN-3822-1 linux vulnerabilities

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the BP and OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service guest OS crash. CVE-2016-9588 It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18021

arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c in KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.18.12 on the arm64 platform mishandles the KVMSETONREG ioctl. This is exploitable by attackers who can create virtual machines. An attacker can arbitrarily redirect the hypervisor flow of control with full register control. An attacker ca...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10853

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilegeCPL level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate...

kernel: kvm: vmx: host GDT limit corruption

A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB. With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT, particularly to the per-cp...

kernel: kvm: vmx: host GDT limit corruption

A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB. With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT, particularly to the per-cp...

kernel: kvm: vmx: host GDT limit corruption

A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB. With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT, particularly to the per-cp...

Linux kernel KVM virtualization subsystem elevation of privilege vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the U.S. The KVM virtualization subsystem is one of the KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine virtualization subsystems. A security vulnerability exists in the KVM virtualization subsystem of the Linux...

CVE-2018-10901

A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB. With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT, particularly to the per-cp...

Linux kernel KVM local elevation of privilege vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the U.S. KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure used in it. A security vulnerability exists in the handling of anomalies by the virtual machine monitor of the KVM in...