CVE-2019-7221
Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use-after-free of the hrtimer for emulation of the preemption timer
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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Descriptions
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.
La implementación KVM en el kernel de Linux, hasta la versión 4.20.5, tiene un uso de memoria previamente liberada.
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.
KVM suffers from a use-after-free vulnerability after using the emulated VMX preemption timer.
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Timeline
- 2019-01-30 CVE Reserved
- 2019-02-16 CVE Published
- 2024-03-10 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-04 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
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CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (26)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151713/KVM-VMX-Preemption-Timer-Use-After-Free.html | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/arch/x86/kvm | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html | Mailing List |
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| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0002 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08413011 | X_refsource_confirm |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1760 | 2024-08-04 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | <= 4.20.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 4.20.5" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 28 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "28" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10" | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Active Iq Performance Analytics Services Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Performance Analytics Services" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Element Software Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Element Software Management Node" | - | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" | 3.11 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "3.11" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0" | - |
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