CVE-2024-46830

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Acquire kvm-srcu when handling KVMSETVCPUEVENTS Grab kvm-srcu when processing KVMSETVCPUEVENTS, as KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM if SMM mode is being toggled, and leaving nested VMX reads guest memory. Note,...

CVE-2024-46830 KVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Acquire kvm-srcu when handling KVMSETVCPUEVENTS Grab kvm-srcu when processing KVMSETVCPUEVENTS, as KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM if SMM mode is being toggled, and leaving nested VMX reads guest memory. Note,...

CVE-2024-46830

CVE-2024-46830 affects the Linux kernel KVM for x86. The vulnerability arises when acquiring kvm->srcu while handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS, because KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM during SMM toggling and leaving nested VMX can read guest memory. The described fix: grab SRCU unconditional...