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CVE-2021-47255

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Published: May 21, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access Per the SDM, "any access that touches bytes 4 through 15 of an APIC register may cause undefined behavior and must not be executed." Worse, such an access in kvm_lapic_reg_read can result in a leak of kernel stack contents. Prior to commit 01402cf81051 ("kvm: LAPIC: write down valid APIC registers"), such an access was explicitly disallowed. Restore the guard that was removed in that commit.

Affected (9)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
9 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
From 5.11 to 5.12.13
From 5.3 to 5.4.128
From 5.5 to 5.10.46
Version 5.13 rc1
Version 5.13 rc2
Version 5.13 rc3
Version 5.13 rc4
Version 5.13 rc5
Version 5.13 rc6

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