CVE-2021-47389

KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start

Medium · published May 21, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start

DECOMMISSION the current SEV context if binding an ASID fails after

RECEIVE_START. Per AMD's SEV API, RECEIVE_START generates a new guest

context and thus needs to be paired with DECOMMISSION:

The RECEIVE_START command is the only command other than the LAUNCH_START

command that generates a new guest context and guest handle.

The missing DECOMMISSION can result in subsequent SEV launch failures,

as the firmware leaks memory and might not able to allocate more SEV

guest contexts in the future.

Note, LAUNCH_START suffered the same bug, but was previously fixed by

commit 934002cd660b ("KVM: SVM: Call SEV Guest Decommission if ASID

binding fails").

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00213 · 11.0th percentile
Published
2024-05-21T15:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 15:03Z
    KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start
    cvelistv5