CVE-2022-49154: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: fix panic on out-of-bounds guest IRQ As guest_irq is coming from KVM_IRQFD API…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.28%

20.0th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: fix panic on out-of-bounds guest IRQ As guest_irq is coming from KVM_IRQFD API call, it may trigger crash in svm_update_pi_irte() due to out-of-bounds: crash> bt PID: 22218 TASK: ffff951a6ad74980 CPU: 73 COMMAND: "vcpu8" #0 [ffffb1ba6707fa40] machine_kexec at ffffffff8565b397 #1 [ffffb1ba6707fa90] __crash_kexec at ffffffff85788a6d #2 [ffffb1ba6707fb58] crash_kexec at ffffffff8578995d #3 [ffffb1ba6707fb70] oops_end at ffffffff85623c0d #4 [ffffb1ba6707fb90] no_context at ffffffff856692c9 #5 [ffffb1ba6707fbf8] exc_page_fault at ffffffff85f95b51 #6 [ffffb1ba6707fc50] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff86000ace [exception RIP: svm_update_pi_irte+227] RIP: ffffffffc0761b53 RSP: ffffb1ba6707fd08 RFLAGS: 00010086 RAX: ffffb1ba6707fd78 RBX: ffffb1ba66d91000 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 00003c803f63f1c0 RSI: 000000000000019a RDI: ffffb1ba66db2ab8 RBP: 000000000000019a R8: 0000000000000040 R9: ffff94ca41b82200 R10: ffffffffffffffcf R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffffffffffffffcf R15: 000000000000005f ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018 #7 [ffffb1ba6707fdb8] kvm_irq_routing_update at ffffffffc09f19a1 [kvm] #8 [ffffb1ba6707fde0] kvm_set_irq_routing at ffffffffc09f2133 [kvm] #9 [ffffb1ba6707fe18] kvm_vm_ioctl at ffffffffc09ef544 [kvm] RIP: 00007f143c36488b RSP: 00007f143a4e04b8 RFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f05780041d0 RCX: 00007f143c36488b RDX: 00007f05780041d0 RSI: 000000004008ae6a RDI: 0000000000000020 RBP: 00000000000004e8 R8: 0000000000000008 R9: 00007f05780041e0 R10: 00007f0578004560 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000000004e0 R13: 000000000000001a R14: 00007f1424001c60 R15: 00007f0578003bc0 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 CS: 0033 SS: 002b Vmx have been fix this in commit 3a8b0677fc61 (KVM: VMX: Do not BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ), so we can just copy source from that to fix this.

Affected

15 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 5.17.3-1 (bookworm)	linux 5.17.3-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= 411b44ba80ab0023383fe3f377e903cb0cb7d8bb < 0fb470eb48892e131d10aa3be6915239e65758f3	0fb470eb48892e131d10aa3be6915239e65758f3
linux	linux	>= 411b44ba80ab0023383fe3f377e903cb0cb7d8bb < 3fa2d747960521a646fc1aad7aea82e95e139a68	3fa2d747960521a646fc1aad7aea82e95e139a68
linux	linux	>= 411b44ba80ab0023383fe3f377e903cb0cb7d8bb < e4d153d53d9648513481eb4ef8c212e7f1f8173d	e4d153d53d9648513481eb4ef8c212e7f1f8173d
linux	linux	>= 411b44ba80ab0023383fe3f377e903cb0cb7d8bb < a6ffdebfb6a9c2ffeed902b544b96fe67498210e	a6ffdebfb6a9c2ffeed902b544b96fe67498210e
linux	linux	>= 411b44ba80ab0023383fe3f377e903cb0cb7d8bb < a80ced6ea514000d34bf1239d47553de0d1ee89e	a80ced6ea514000d34bf1239d47553de0d1ee89e
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.10.113-1	5.10.113-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.17.3-1	5.17.3-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.17.3-1	5.17.3-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.17.3-1	5.17.3-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.9 < 5.10.110	5.10.110
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11 < 5.15.33	5.15.33
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16 < 5.16.19	5.16.19
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.17 < 5.17.2	5.17.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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