Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux, Linux 5.10

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set the SynIC IRQ. This issue allows a malfunctioning VMM to write to the SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, leading to a NULL pointer derefrence error. This flaw enables an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls,...

kernel: KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. This issue makes it possible for a misbehaving VMM to write to SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, causing a NULL pointer dereference. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a...

kernel: KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. This issue makes it possible for a misbehaving VMM to write to SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, causing a NULL pointer dereference. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a...