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Linux Linux — KVM: x86: Fix stack-out-of-bounds memory access from ioapic_write_indirect()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H N H 7.1 .0026 17.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 7ee30bc132c683d06a6d9e360e39e483e3990708 – —
Linux 5.5 – 5.10.71
TIMELINE
May 21 Reserved by Linux
May 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2021-47390 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.1 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix stack-out-of-bounds memory access from ioapic_write_indirect()
KASAN reports the following issue:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask+0x174/0x440 [kvm]
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc9001364f638 by task qemu-kvm/4798
CPU: 0 PID: 4798 Comm: qemu-kvm Tainted: G X --------- ---
Hardware name: AMD Corporation DAYTONA_X/DAYTONA_X, BIOS RYM0081C 07/13/2020
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0xa5/0xe6
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x18/0x130
? kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask+0x174/0x440 [kvm]
__kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x114
? kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask+0x174/0x440 [kvm]
kasan_report+0x38/0x50
kasan_check_range+0xf5/0x1d0
kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask+0x174/0x440 [kvm]
kvm_make_scan_ioapic_request_mask+0x84/0xc0 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_exit+0x110/0x110 [kvm]
? sched_clock+0x5/0x10
ioapic_write_indirect+0x59f/0x9e0 [kvm]
? static_obj+0xc0/0xc0
? __lock_acquired+0x1d2/0x8c0
? kvm_ioapic_eoi_inject_work+0x120/0x120 [kvm]
The problem appears to be that 'vcpu_bitmap' is allocated as a single long
on stack and it should really be KVM_MAX_VCPUS long. We also seem to clear
the lower 16 bits of it with bitmap_zero() for no particular reason (my
guess would be that 'bitmap' and 'vcpu_bitmap' variables in
kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus() caused the confusion: while the later is indeed
16-bit long, the later should accommodate all possible vCPUs).
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2021-47390 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.1 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 7ee30bc132c683d06a6d9e360e39e483e3990708 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.5 | 5.10.71 |
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