KVM (Nested Virtualization) - L1 Guest Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc 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...

KVM (Nested Virtualization) - L1 Guest Privilege Escalation

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 th...