SUSE CVE-2022-48763

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Forcibly leave nested virt when SMM state is toggled Forcibly leave nested virtualization operation if userspace toggles SMM state via KVMSETVCPUEVENTS or KVMSYNCX86EVENTS. If userspace forces the vCPU out of SMM while...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46978

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration When enlightened VMCS is in use and nested state is migrated with vmxgetnestedstate/vmxsetnestedstate KVM can't map evmcs page right away: evmcs gpa is not 'struct...

CVE-2021-46978 KVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration When enlightened VMCS is in use and nested state is migrated with vmxgetnestedstate/vmxsetnestedstate KVM can't map evmcs page right away: evmcs gpa is not 'struct...

kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4

A flaw was found in the KVM's Intel nested virtualization feature nVMX. The effective values of the guest CR0 and CR4 registers could differ from those included in the VMCS12. In rare circumstances i.e., kvmintel module loaded with parameters nested=1 and ept=0 this could allow a malicious guest ...

kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4

A flaw was found in the KVM's Intel nested virtualization feature nVMX. The effective values of the guest CR0 and CR4 registers could differ from those included in the VMCS12. In rare circumstances i.e., kvmintel module loaded with parameters nested=1 and ept=0 this could allow a malicious guest ...

kernel: KVM: VMX: Fix crash due to uninitialized current_vmcs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: VMX: Fix crash due to uninitialized currentvmcs KVM enables 'Enlightened VMCS' and 'Enlightened MSR Bitmap' when running as a nested hypervisor on top of Hyper-V. When MSR bitmap is updated, evmcstouchmsrbitmap function uses...

PT-2022-35560 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions 3.2 through 5.10.153 Description: The issue concerns the propagation of PERF GLOBAL CTRL settings from vmcs12 to vmcs02 in the nVMX component of KVM. The actual impact and potential for attack have not been proven yet...

PT-2024-11087 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue arises when enlightened VMCS is in use and nested state is migrated with vmx get nested state/vmx set nested state. KVM cannot map the eVMCS page right away because the eVMCS...

CVE-2020-24718

bhyve, as used in FreeBSD through 12.1 and illumos e.g., OmniOS CE through r151034 and OpenIndiana through Hipster 2020.04, does not properly restrict VMCS and VMCB read/write operations, as demonstrated by a root user in a container on an Intel system, who can gain privileges by modifying...

Code injection

bhyve, as used in FreeBSD through 12.1 and illumos e.g., OmniOS CE through r151034 and OpenIndiana through Hipster 2020.04, does not properly restrict VMCS and VMCB read/write operations, as demonstrated by a root user in a container on an Intel system, who can gain privileges by modifying...

CVE-2020-24718

CVE-2020-24718 affects bhyve in FreeBSD (through 12.x) and related illumos variants (e.g., OmniOS CE, OpenIndiana). The issue is insufficient access controls on Intel VMCS/VMCB structures, allowing a root user in a container (host or jailed bhyve instance) to modify VMCS_HOST_RIP and escalate to ...

CVE-2020-24718

bhyve, as used in FreeBSD through 12.1 and illumos e.g., OmniOS CE through r151034 and OpenIndiana through Hipster 2020.04, does not properly restrict VMCS and VMCB read/write operations, as demonstrated by a root user in a container on an Intel system, who can gain privileges by modifying...

FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- bhyve privilege escalation via VMCS access (2c5b9cd7-f7e6-11ea-88f8-901b0ef719ab)

AMD and Intel CPUs support hardware virtualization using specialized data structures that control various aspects of guest operation. These are the Virtual Machine Control Structure VMCS on Intel CPUs, and the Virtual Machine Control Block VMCB on AMD CPUs. Insufficient access controls allow root...

FreeBSD -- bhyve privilege escalation via VMCS access

Problem Description: AMD and Intel CPUs support hardware virtualization using specialized data structures that control various aspects of guest operation. These are the Virtual Machine Control Structure VMCS on Intel CPUs, and the Virtual Machine Control Block VMCB on AMD CPUs. Insufficient acces...

FreeBSD-SA-20:28.bhyve_vmcs

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-20:28.bhyvevmcs Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: bhyve privilege escalation via VMCS access Category: core Module: bhyve Announced: 2020-09-15...

KVM (Nested Virtualization) - L1 Guest Privilege Escalation

When KVM on Intel virtualizes another hypervisor as L1 VM it does not verify that VMX instructions from the L1 VM which trigger a VM exit and are emulated by L0 KVM are coming from ring 0. For code running on bare metal or VMX root mode this is enforced by hardware. However, for code running in L...

PT-2017-12369 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.3 Description: The issue arises from the prepare vmcs02 function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c, which fails to ensure the existence of "CR8-load exiting" and "CR8-store exiting" L0 vmcs02 controls when L1 omits the...

CVE-2010-2938

arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure VMCS implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables EPT functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these...

Design/Logic Flaw

arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure VMCS implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables EPT functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these...

CVE-2010-2938

arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure VMCS implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables EPT functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these...