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CVE-2021-47450MEDIUM
Linux Linux — KVM: arm64: Fix host stage-2 PGD refcount
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0021   11.0     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    1025c8c0c6accfcbdc8f52ca1940160f65cd87d6 –  —
  Linux    5.13 –                                      5.14.15
TIMELINE
  May 21  Reserved by Linux
  May 22  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2021-47450 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix host stage-2 PGD refcount The KVM page-table library refcounts the pages of concatenated stage-2 PGDs individually. However, when running KVM in protected mode, the host's stage-2 PGD is currently managed by EL2 as a single high-order compound page, which can cause the refcount of the tail pages to reach 0 when they shouldn't, hence corrupting the page-table. Fix this by introducing a new hyp_split_page() helper in the EL2 page allocator (matching the kernel's split_page() function), and make use of it from host_s2_zalloc_pages_exact().

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
May 21, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
May 22, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2021-47450 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux1025c8c0c6accfcbdc8f52ca1940160f65cd87d6
LinuxLinux5.135.14.15

References (2)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-47450 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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