Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-38198
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1bd5cba3306691c771d558e94baa73e8b0b96b7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1bd5cba3306691c771d558e94baa73e8b0b96b7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html