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BDU:2025-02853 (CVE-2021-46978)

Vulnerability from fstec – Published: 2025-03-18 – Updated: 2025-03-18 – View on bdu.fstec.ru Fixed

Title

Уязвимость функции nested_get_evmcs_page() модуля arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c подсистемы виртуализации на платформе x86 ядра операционной системы Linux, позволяющая нарушителю оказать воздействие на конфиденциальность, целостность и доступность защищаемой информации.

Summary

Уязвимость функции nested_get_evmcs_page() модуля arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c подсистемы виртуализации на платформе x86 ядра операционной системы Linux связана с неправильной проверкой вводимых данных. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю оказать воздействие на конфиденциальность, целостность и доступность защищаемой информации.

Severity

6.8 (Medium) CVSS 2.0


                      
                        AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

7.8 (High) CVSS 3.0


                      
                        CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Class

Code vulnerability

Status

Confirmed by the vendor

Exploitation

Resource manipulation

Incidents

Being clarified

Remediation

Software update

CWE

CWE-20 - Недостаточная проверка вводимых данных

Aliases

CVE-2021-46978

References

15 references

URL
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022822-CVE-2021-46978-3516@gregkh/T/#u
https://git.linuxtesting.ru/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lvc/linux-stable.git/commi…
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-46978
https://git.kernel.org/linus/f5c7e8425f18fdb9bdb7d13340651d7876890329
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bf64e3fb77cc19bad146fbe26651985b117194
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200a45649ab7361bc80c70aebf7165b64f9a6c9f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0e8455b85b651a4c77de9616e307129b15aaa7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c7e8425f18fdb9bdb7d13340651d7876890329
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46978
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022822-CVE-2021-46978-3516@gregkh/
https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.38
https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.22
https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.5
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46978
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46978

Impacted products

3 products from 3 vendors

Vendors

Red Hat, Inc., Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Linux

Versions

8 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), 11 (Debian GNU/Linux), 12 (Debian GNU/Linux), от 5.10.13 до 5.10.37 включительно (Linux), от 5.11 до 5.11.21 включительно (Linux), от 5.12 до 5.12.4 включительно (Linux)

Product types

Operating system

Platforms

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux 11, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux 12, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux от 5.10.13 до 5.10.37 включительно, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux от 5.11 до 5.11.21 включительно, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux от 5.12 до 5.12.4 включительно

Mitigations

В условиях отсутствия обновлений безопасности от производителя рекомендуется придерживаться "Рекомендаций по безопасной настройке операционных систем LINUX", изложенных в методическом документе ФСТЭК России, утверждённом 25 декабря 2022 года. Использование рекомендаций: Для Linux: https://git.kernel.org/linus/f5c7e8425f18fdb9bdb7d13340651d7876890329 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bf64e3fb77cc19bad146fbe26651985b117194 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200a45649ab7361bc80c70aebf7165b64f9a6c9f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0e8455b85b651a4c77de9616e307129b15aaa7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c7e8425f18fdb9bdb7d13340651d7876890329 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022822-CVE-2021-46978-3516@gregkh/T/#u https://git.linuxtesting.ru/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lvc/linux-stable.git/commit/?h=v5.10.176-lvc1&id=c8bf64e3fb77cc19bad146fbe26651985b117194 Для Debian GNU/Linux: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46978 Для программных продуктов Red Hat Inc.: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46978

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  "CVSS 3.0": "AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  "\u041a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u0423\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u0434\u0430",
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CVE-2021-46978 (GCVE-0-2021-46978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-28 08:13 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:18

Title

KVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration When enlightened VMCS is in use and nested state is migrated with vmx_get_nested_state()/vmx_set_nested_state() KVM can't map evmcs page right away: evmcs gpa is not 'struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr' and we can't read it from VP assist page because userspace may decide to restore HV_X64_MSR_VP_ASSIST_PAGE after restoring nested state (and QEMU, for example, does exactly that). To make sure eVMCS is mapped /vmx_set_nested_state() raises KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES request. Commit f2c7ef3ba955 ("KVM: nSVM: cancel KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES on nested vmexit") added KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES clearing to nested_vmx_vmexit() to make sure MSR permission bitmap is not switched when an immediate exit from L2 to L1 happens right after migration (caused by a pending event, for example). Unfortunately, in the exact same situation we still need to have eVMCS mapped so nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow() reflects changes in VMCS12 to eVMCS. As a band-aid, restore nested_get_evmcs_page() when clearing KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES in nested_vmx_vmexit(). The 'fix' is far from being ideal as we can't easily propagate possible failures and even if we could, this is most likely already too late to do so. The whole 'KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES' idea for mapping eVMCS after migration seems to be fragile as we diverge too much from the 'native' path when vmptr loading happens on vmx_set_nested_state().

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-11-04 17:39 UTC

CWE

CWE-noinfo Not enough information

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bf64e3fb77cc19b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200a45649ab7361bc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0e8455b85b651a4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c7e8425f18fdb9b…

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 0faceb7d6dda6f370ff1fa0464d7180f7e5cb417 , < c8bf64e3fb77cc19bad146fbe26651985b117194 (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba9556d62a7e2bb23b563c6510007d55c , < 200a45649ab7361bc80c70aebf7165b64f9a6c9f (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba9556d62a7e2bb23b563c6510007d55c , < bd0e8455b85b651a4c77de9616e307129b15aaa7 (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba9556d62a7e2bb23b563c6510007d55c , < f5c7e8425f18fdb9bdb7d13340651d7876890329 (git) Affected: 5.10.13 , < 5.10.38 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.38 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.11.22 , ≤ 5.11.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.12.5 , ≤ 5.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: 0faceb7d6dda , < c8bf64e3fb77 (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba955 , < 200a45649ab7 (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba955 , < bd0e8455b85b (git) Affected: f2c7ef3ba955 , < f5c7e8425f18 (git) Affected: 5.11 Affected: 0 , < 5.11* (semver) Affected: 5.10.38 , ≤ 5.11* (semver) Affected: 5.12.5 , ≤ 5.12* (semver) Affected: 5.13 , ≤ * (semver) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: nVMX: Always make an attempt to map eVMCS after migration\n\nWhen enlightened VMCS is in use and nested state is migrated with\nvmx_get_nested_state()/vmx_set_nested_state() KVM can\u0027t map evmcs\npage right away: evmcs gpa is not \u0027struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr\u0027\nand we can\u0027t read it from VP assist page because userspace may decide\nto restore HV_X64_MSR_VP_ASSIST_PAGE after restoring nested state\n(and QEMU, for example, does exactly that). To make sure eVMCS is\nmapped /vmx_set_nested_state() raises KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES\nrequest.\n\nCommit f2c7ef3ba955 (\"KVM: nSVM: cancel KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES\non nested vmexit\") added KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES clearing to\nnested_vmx_vmexit() to make sure MSR permission bitmap is not switched\nwhen an immediate exit from L2 to L1 happens right after migration (caused\nby a pending event, for example). Unfortunately, in the exact same\nsituation we still need to have eVMCS mapped so\nnested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow() reflects changes in VMCS12 to eVMCS.\n\nAs a band-aid, restore nested_get_evmcs_page() when clearing\nKVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES in nested_vmx_vmexit(). The \u0027fix\u0027 is far\nfrom being ideal as we can\u0027t easily propagate possible failures and even if\nwe could, this is most likely already too late to do so. The whole\n\u0027KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES\u0027 idea for mapping eVMCS after migration\nseems to be fragile as we diverge too much from the \u0027native\u0027 path when\nvmptr loading happens on vmx_set_nested_state()."
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