CVE-2024-50115 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: nSVM: Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory
Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory for nested SVM, as bits
4:0 of CR3 are ignored when PAE paging is used, and thus VMRUN doesn't
enforce 32-byte alignment of nCR3.
In the absolute worst case scenario, failure to ignore bits 4:0 can result
in an out-of-bounds read, e.g. if the target page is at the end of a
memslot, and the VMM isn't using guard pages.
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2