Bug 1992264 (CVE-2021-38198) - CVE-2021-38198 kernel: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page
Summary: CVE-2021-38198 kernel: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computes th...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-38198
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1992265 1993227 1993228 1993229 1993230 1993231
Blocks: 1992266
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-08-10 20:20 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2022-04-17 21:33 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Linux kernel 5.13-rc6
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where it incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page. This issue leads to a missing guest protection page fault.
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Last Closed: 2021-12-15 11:26:26 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-08-10 20:20:47 UTC 
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault.

Reference and upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b1bd5cba3306691c771d558e94baa73e8b0b96b7
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-08-10 20:21:19 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1992265]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2021-08-11 19:55:48 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.11 stable kernel updates.
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