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CVE-2023-4155

Sev-es / sev-snp vmgexit double fetch vulnerability

Severity Score

5.6
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

A flaw was found in KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) in the Linux kernel. A KVM guest using SEV-ES or SEV-SNP with multiple vCPUs can trigger a double fetch race condition vulnerability and invoke the `VMGEXIT` handler recursively. If an attacker manages to call the handler multiple times, they can trigger a stack overflow and cause a denial of service or potentially guest-to-host escape in kernel configurations without stack guard pages (`CONFIG_VMAP_STACK`).

Se encontró una falla en KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) en el kernel de Linux. Un invitado KVM que utilice SEV-ES o SEV-SNP con múltiples vCPU puede desencadenar una vulnerabilidad de condición de ejecución de recuperación doble e invocar el controlador "VMGEXIT" de forma recursiva. Si un atacante logra llamar al controlador varias veces, puede desencadenar un desbordamiento de la pila y provocar una denegación de servicio o potencialmente un escape de invitado a anfitrión en configuraciones del kernel sin páginas de protección de la pila (`CONFIG_VMAP_STACK`).

It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Daniël Trujillo, Johannes Wikner, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that some AMD processors utilising speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorised memory reads via a speculative side-channel attack. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-08-04 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-09-06 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-27 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
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8.0
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
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9.0
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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37
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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38
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