usn-5073-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-09-17 06:27
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities
Details

Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host's physical memory. (CVE-2021-3656)

Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a guest VM from enabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to write to portions of the host's physical memory. (CVE-2021-3653)

Norbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger (bcm) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-34693)

Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

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  "details": "Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor\nimplementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to\ndisable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a\nguest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host\u0027s physical\nmemory. (CVE-2021-3656)\n\nMaxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD\nprocessors in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a guest VM from\nenabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this\nto write to portions of the host\u0027s physical memory. (CVE-2021-3653)\n\nNorbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger (bcm) protocol\nimplementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in\nsome situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive\ninformation (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-34693)\n\nMurray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the\nLinux kernel did not properly validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local\nattacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or\npossibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device\nregistered. (CVE-2021-3612)\n\nIt was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux\nkernel did not properly validate input lengths in some situations. A local\nattacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system\ncrash). (CVE-2021-38160)\n",
  "id": "USN-5073-2",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:01Z",
  "published": "2021-09-17T06:27:26Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5073-2"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3612"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3653"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities",
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}



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