CVE-2020-2732

Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest may trick the L0 hypervisor to access sensitive L1 resources

Published Apr 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was discovered in the way that the KVM hypervisor handled instruction emulation for an L2 guest when nested virtualisation is enabled. Under some circumstances, an L2 guest may trick the L0 guest into accessing sensitive L1 resources that should be inaccessible to the L2 guest.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2241-2 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2242-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4667-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4698-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-22525 A flaw was discovered in the way that the KVM hypervisor handled instruction emulation for an L2 guest when nested virtualisation is enabled. Under some circumstances, an L2 guest may trick the L0 guest into accessing sensitive L1 resources that should be inaccessible to the L2 guest.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4300-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4301-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4302-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4303-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4303-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability
History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Sep 30, 2024, 3:47 PM
Reserved
Dec 10, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 8, 2020, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:12 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 24, 2020, 6:00 PM