A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the "virt_ext" field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2785-1 | linux-4.19 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4978-1 | linux security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-26951 | A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the "virt_ext" field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5070-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5071-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5071-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5072-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5073-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5073-2 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5082-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:07.792Z
Reserved: 2021-07-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-3656
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Status : Modified
Published: 2022-03-04T19:15:08.677
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:05.187
Link: CVE-2021-3656
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN