KVM: PPC: Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl vcpu_load leak (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47296
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl vcpu_load leak vcpu_put is not called if the user copy fails. This can result in preempt notifier corruption and crashes, among other issues.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b3cebfe8c1cadf1817939dcc3688a2504a69c662 < 9bafc34dc4ad0cef18727c557f21ed3c3304df50 ; affected b3cebfe8c1cadf1817939dcc3688a2504a69c662 < f38527f1890543cdfca8dfd06f75f9887cce6151 ; affected b3cebfe8c1cadf1817939dcc3688a2504a69c662 < e14ef1095387f764d95614d3ec9e4d07c82a3533 ; affected b3cebfe8c1cadf1817939dcc3688a2504a69c662 < a4a488915feaad38345cc01b80d52e8200ff5209 ; affected b3cebfe8c1cadf1817939dcc3688a2504a69c662 < bc4188a2f56e821ea057aca6bf444e138d06c252
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.18 ; unaffected 0 < 4.18 ; unaffected 4.19.199 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.136 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.54 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.13.6 ≤ 5.13.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD