CVE-2021-43056
kernel: ppc: kvm: allows a malicious KVM guest to crash the host
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel for powerpc before 5.14.15. It allows a malicious KVM guest to crash the host, when the host is running on Power8, due to an arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S implementation bug in the handling of the SRR1 register values.
Se ha detectado un problema en el kernel de Linux para powerpc versiones anteriores a 5.14.15. Permite que un invitado KVM malicioso bloquee el host, cuando éste es ejecutado en Power8, debido a un error de implementación de arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S en el manejo de los valores del registro SRR1
A denial of service problem was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) specific to PowerPC. In this flaw, a user with local access can confuse the host offline code, causing the guest to crash.
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.5.0 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which fix several bugs and security issues. Issues addressed include privilege escalation and traversal vulnerabilities.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2021-10-28 CVE Reserved
- 2021-10-28 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-07-07 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value
CAPEC
References (9)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/87pmrtbbdt.fsf%40mpe.ellerman.id.au/T/#u | X_refsource_misc |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/28/1 | 2023-11-07 | |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/cdeb5d7d890e14f3b70e8087e745c4a6a7d9f337 | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.2 < 5.4.15 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.2 < 5.4.15" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35" | - |
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