High severity · published Mar 4, 2022
CVE-2021-3656
A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the "virt_ext" field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.13 before 4.14.245; 4.15 before 4.19.205; 4.20 before 5.4.142; 5.5 before 5.10.60; 5.11 before 5.13.12; 5.14; +6 more · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
8.1; 8.2; 8.4 · source: NVD