CVE-2021-29657

Name
CVE-2021-29657
Description
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 5.11.12 has a use-after-free in which an AMD KVM guest can bypass access control on host OS MSRs when there are nested guests, aka CID-a58d9166a756. This occurs because of a TOCTOU race condition associated with a VMCB12 double fetch in nested_svm_vmrun.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
CONFIRM https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a58d9166a756a0f4a6618e4f593232593d6df134
MISC https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2177
CONFIRM https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.12
MISC http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163324/KVM-nested_svm_vmrun-Double-Fetch.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0008/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= None < 5.11.12

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status