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CVE-2021-47255

2024-05-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability resolved
illegal apic register access
kernel stack contents
commit 01402cf81051

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kvm:
LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access Per the SDM,
“any access that touches bytes 4 through 15 of an APIC register may cause
undefined behavior and must not be executed.” Worse, such an access in
kvm_lapic_reg_read can result in a leak of kernel stack contents. Prior to
commit 01402cf81051 (“kvm: LAPIC: write down valid APIC registers”), such
an access was explicitly disallowed. Restore the guard that was removed in
that commit.

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%