CVE-2021-22543 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel
Severity
8.7HIGHNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.5OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateFeb 14
Description
An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local privilege escalation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux_kernel/linux_kerneladd6a0cd1c5ba51b201e1361b05a5df817083618 — f8be156be163a052a067306417cd0ff679068c97
Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 33, 34
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2021-09-29