Bug 1671904 (CVE-2019-7221) - CVE-2019-7221 Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use-after-free of the hrtimer for emulation of the preemption timer
Summary: CVE-2019-7221 Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use-after-free of the hrtimer for emulation ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-7221
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1671905 1671906 1671907 1671908 1673676 1673841 1673842 1717815 1740272 1740273 1740274 1740275
Blocks: 1671898
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Reported: 2019-02-02 05:20 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2023-03-24 14:32 UTC (History)
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A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor emulates a preemption timer for L2 guests when nested (=1) virtualization is enabled. This high resolution timer(hrtimer) runs when a L2 guest is active. After VM exit, the sync_vmcs12() timer object is stopped. The use-after-free occurs if the timer object is freed before calling sync_vmcs12() routine. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in a denial of service or, potentially, gain privileged access to a system.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:47:13 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:0870 0 None None None 2019-04-23 21:26:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0818 0 None None None 2019-04-23 14:28:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0833 0 None None None 2019-04-23 12:57:54 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3967 0 None None None 2019-11-26 11:52:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:4058 0 None None None 2019-12-03 08:25:57 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2019-02-02 05:20:00 UTC 
A use after free issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor
emulates a preemption timer for L2 guest when nested(=1) virtualization
is enabled. This high resolution timer(hrtimer) runs when L2 guest is active.
After VM exit, in sync_vmcs12() timer object is stopped. The use-after-free
occurs if the timer object is free'd before calling sync_vmcs12() routine.

A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting
in DoS OR potentially gain privileged access to a system.

It affects only Intel processors and only when nested virtualization is
enabled.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/ecec76885bcfe3294685dc363fd1273df0d5d65f

Reference:
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  -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/2
Comment 2 Prasad Pandit 2019-02-06 07:10:33 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Felix Wilhelm (Google)
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2019-02-07 11:24:21 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 may address this issue.

Note: Impact on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel is limited, as it requires that nested virtualization feature is enabled on a system. Nested Virtualization feature is available only as - Technology Preview.
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2019-02-07 18:37:12 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1673676]
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-04-23 12:57:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0833 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0833
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-04-23 14:28:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0818 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0818
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-26 11:52:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2019:3967 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2019-12-03 08:25:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2019:4058 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
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