Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-4095 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the Linux kernel's KVM when dirty ring logging is enabled without an active vCPU context. An unprivileged local attacker on the host may use this flaw to cause a kernel oops condition and thus a denial of service by issuing a KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR ioctl. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.17-rc1.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031194
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QIOQN7JJNN6ABIDGRSTVZA65MHRLMH2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QIOQN7JJNN6ABIDGRSTVZA65MHRLMH2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT6573CGKVK3DU2632VVO5BVM4IU7SBV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT6573CGKVK3DU2632VVO5BVM4IU7SBV/