CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-5090

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2023-11-06 Modified 2026-08-06 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-11-06
Last modified
2026-08-06
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-755

Description

A flaw was found in KVM. An improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() may allow direct access to host x2apic msrs when the guest resets its apic, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 6.5) • linux linux kernel 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References