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GHSA-VRX5-G53M-HHM7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 15:31 – Updated: 2024-07-03 18:42

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start

DECOMMISSION the current SEV context if binding an ASID fails after RECEIVE_START. Per AMD's SEV API, RECEIVE_START generates a new guest context and thus needs to be paired with DECOMMISSION:

 The RECEIVE_START command is the only command other than the LAUNCH_START
 command that generates a new guest context and guest handle.

The missing DECOMMISSION can result in subsequent SEV launch failures, as the firmware leaks memory and might not able to allocate more SEV guest contexts in the future.

Note, LAUNCH_START suffered the same bug, but was previously fixed by commit 934002cd660b ("KVM: SVM: Call SEV Guest Decommission if ASID binding fails").

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2021-47389 (GCVE-0-2021-47389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-21 15:03 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:53

Title

KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: fix missing sev_decommission in sev_receive_start DECOMMISSION the current SEV context if binding an ASID fails after RECEIVE_START. Per AMD's SEV API, RECEIVE_START generates a new guest context and thus needs to be paired with DECOMMISSION: The RECEIVE_START command is the only command other than the LAUNCH_START command that generates a new guest context and guest handle. The missing DECOMMISSION can result in subsequent SEV launch failures, as the firmware leaks memory and might not able to allocate more SEV guest contexts in the future. Note, LAUNCH_START suffered the same bug, but was previously fixed by commit 934002cd660b ("KVM: SVM: Call SEV Guest Decommission if ASID binding fails").

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-06-05 17:52 UTC

CWE

CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6996 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd7866e114dcb44f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1815e0aa770f2127…

Impacted products

8 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: af43cbbf954b50ca97d5e7bb56c2edc6ffd209ef , < efd7866e114dcb44f86d151e843f8276b7efbc67 (git) Affected: af43cbbf954b50ca97d5e7bb56c2edc6ffd209ef , < f1815e0aa770f2127c5df31eb5c2f0e37b60fa77 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.13 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver) Unaffected: 5.14.10 , ≤ 5.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: af43cbbf954b , < efd7866e114d (custom) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: af43cbbf954b , < f1815e0aa770 (custom) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (custom) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 5.14.10 , ≤ 5.14.* (custom) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 5.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: 5.13 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:-::::::

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