CVE-2021-47110
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kvm: Disable kvmclock on all CPUs on shutdown Currenly, we disable kvmclock from machine_shutdown() hook and this only happens for boot CPU. We need to disable it for all CPUs to guard against memory corruption e.g. on restore from hibernate. Note, writing '0' to kvmclock MSR doesn't clear memory location, it just prevents hypervisor from updating the location so for the short while after write and while CPU is still alive, the clock remains usable and correct so we don't need to switch to some other clocksource.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-459
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.125
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.43
- Linux Kernel < 5.12.10
- Linux Kernel 5.13
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1df2dc09926f61319116c80ee85701df33577d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0becf8b1ecf642a9edaf4c9628ffc641e490d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9084fe1b3572664ad276f427dce575f580c9799a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02027b5742b5aa804ef08a4a9db433295533046
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1df2dc09926f61319116c80ee85701df33577d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0becf8b1ecf642a9edaf4c9628ffc641e490d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9084fe1b3572664ad276f427dce575f580c9799a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02027b5742b5aa804ef08a4a9db433295533046
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1df2dc09926f61319116c80ee85701df33577d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0becf8b1ecf642a9edaf4c9628ffc641e490d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9084fe1b3572664ad276f427dce575f580c9799a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02027b5742b5aa804ef08a4a9db433295533046
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1df2dc09926f61319116c80ee85701df33577d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0becf8b1ecf642a9edaf4c9628ffc641e490d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9084fe1b3572664ad276f427dce575f580c9799a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02027b5742b5aa804ef08a4a9db433295533046