CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-22543

8.7 HIGH Published 2021-05-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
8.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local privilege escalation.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2021-05-18 • fedoraproject fedora 33 • fedoraproject fedora 34 • debian debian linux 9.0 • netapp h410c firmware • netapp h300s firmware • netapp h500s firmware • netapp h700s firmware • netapp h300e firmware • netapp h500e firmware • netapp h700e firmware • netapp h410s firmware • netapp cloud backup • netapp solidfire baseboard management controller firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References