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CVE-2024-25742 (GCVE-0-2024-25742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 21:14 – Updated: 2025-03-27 20:08
VLAI
Summary
In the Linux kernel before 6.9, an untrusted hypervisor can inject virtual interrupt 29 (#VC) at any point in time and can trigger its handler. This affects AMD SEV-SNP and AMD SEV-ES.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-20 14:09 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-828 - Signal Handler with Functionality that is not Asynchronous-Safe
Assigner
References
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