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CVE-2022-48764

KVM: x86: Free kvm_cpuid_entry2 array on post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2}

Severity Score

5.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Free kvm_cpuid_entry2 array on post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2}

Free the "struct kvm_cpuid_entry2" array on successful post-KVM_RUN
KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} to fix a memory leak, the callers of kvm_set_cpuid()
free the array only on failure.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810963a800 (size 2048):
comm "syz-executor025", pid 3610, jiffies 4294944928 (age 8.080s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ................
47 65 6e 75 6e 74 65 6c 69 6e 65 49 00 00 00 00 GenuntelineI....
backtrace:
[<ffffffff814948ee>] kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
[<ffffffff814948ee>] kvmalloc_node+0x3e/0x100 mm/util.c:580
[<ffffffff814950f2>] kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:732 [inline]
[<ffffffff814950f2>] vmemdup_user+0x22/0x100 mm/util.c:199
[<ffffffff8109f5ff>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid2+0x8f/0xf0 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:423
[<ffffffff810711b9>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xb99/0x1e60 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:5251
[<ffffffff8103e92d>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ad/0x950 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4066
[<ffffffff815afacc>] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860
[<ffffffff844a3335>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff844a3335>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-06-20 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-06-20 CVE Published
  • 2024-06-21 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.16.3 < 5.16.5
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Affected