CVE-2021-47255

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.3 - Information Disclosure via APIC Register Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 5.3
Linux/Linux 01402cf81051f796dac7c60ca11d6147153ca46a - 018685461a5b9a9a70e664ac77aef0d7415a3fd5
Linux/Linux 01402cf81051f796dac7c60ca11d6147153ca46a - 218bf772bddd221489c38dde6ef8e917131161f6
Linux/Linux 01402cf81051f796dac7c60ca11d6147153ca46a - a2aff09807fbe4018c269d3773a629949058b210
Linux/Linux 01402cf81051f796dac7c60ca11d6147153ca46a - bf99ea52970caeb4583bdba1192c1f9b53b12c84
Linux/Linux 5.10.46 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.13 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.3
Linux/Linux 5.4.128 - 5.4.*
... and 2 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026