CVE-2021-47255

kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access

published May 21, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00244 · 14.7th percentile
Published
2024-05-21T14:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 14:19Z
    kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access
    cvelistv5