Critical severity · published May 30, 2024
CVE-2024-36912
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host…
9.6
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl
In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host to cause
set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an
error is returned and the resulting memory is shared. Callers need to
take care to handle these errors to avoid returning decrypted (shared)
memory to the page allocator, which could lead to functional or security
issues.
In order to make sure callers of vmbus_establish_gpadl() and
vmbus_teardown_gpadl() don't return decrypted/shared pages to
allocators, add a field in struct vmbus_gpadl to keep track of the
decryption status of the buffers. This will allow the callers to
know if they should free or leak the pages.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.16 before 6.1.91; 6.2 before 6.6.31; 6.7 before 6.8.10; 6.9; 6.9; 6.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36912
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36912
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1999644d95194d4a58d3e80ad04ce19220a01a81
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/211f514ebf1ef5de37b1cf6df9d28a56cfd242ca
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e62341f5c45b27519b7d193bcc32ada416ad9d8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfae56be077ba14311509e70706a13458f87ea99
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