First published: Tue Jul 20 2021(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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redhat/kernel-rt | <0:3.10.0-1160.45.1.rt56.1185.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1160.45.1.rt56.1185.el7 |
redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7 |
redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-957.84.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-957.84.1.el7 |
redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1062.59.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1062.59.1.el7 |
redhat/kernel-rt | <0:4.18.0-305.25.1.rt7.97.el8_4 | 0:4.18.0-305.25.1.rt7.97.el8_4 |
redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 | 0:4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4 |
redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1 | 0:4.18.0-147.56.1.el8_1 |
redhat/kernel-rt | <0:4.18.0-193.68.1.rt13.118.el8_2 | 0:4.18.0-193.68.1.rt13.118.el8_2 |
redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-193.68.1.el8_2 | 0:4.18.0-193.68.1.el8_2 |
Linux Linux kernel | >=4.13<4.14.245 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=4.15<4.19.205 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.4.142 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.60 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.13.12 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc1 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc2 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc3 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc4 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc5 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =5.14-rc6 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =33 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =34 | |
Redhat Software Collections | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Redhat Openstack | =13 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time | =7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time | =8 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv | =7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv | =8 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions | =7.7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
Redhat 3scale Api Management | =2.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Virtualization Host | =4.0 | |
All of | ||
Redhat Software Collections | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
All of | ||
Redhat 3scale Api Management | =2.0 | |
Any of | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
All of | ||
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder | ||
Any of | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =8.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.1 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.2 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | =8.4 | |
All of | ||
Redhat Virtualization Host | =4.0 | |
Any of | ||
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
redhat/kernel | <5.14 | 5.14 |
debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.106-3 6.1.112-1 6.11.5-1 6.11.6-1 |
This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling the nested virtualization feature: ``` # modprobe -r kvm_amd # modprobe kvm_amd nested=0 ``` Disabling VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) is an alternative mitigation: ``` # modprobe kvm_amd vls=0 ```
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=c7dfa4009965a9b2d7b329ee970eb8da0d32f0bc
Disable nested virtualisation when loading the KVM AMD module: modprobe kvm_amd nested=0
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