CVE-2018-16882 (GCVE-0-2018-16882)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
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Summary
A use-after-free issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor processed posted interrupts when nested(=1) virtualization is enabled. In nested_get_vmcs12_pages(), in case of an error while processing posted interrupt address, it unmaps the 'pi_desc_page' without resetting 'pi_desc' descriptor address, which is later used in pi_test_and_clear_on(). A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS or potentially gain privileged access to a system. Kernel versions before 4.14.91 and before 4.19.13 are vulnerable.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1035 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3872-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106254 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lwn.net/Articles/775720/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lwn.net/Articles/775721/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K80557033 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Linux Foundation kernel: Affected: before 4.14.91
Affected: before 4.19.13
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Date Public
2018-12-18 00:00
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      "title": "Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use after free in posted interrupt processing",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-16882.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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