CVE-2024-35791

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I.e. the\nregion structure itself would be fine, but region->pages could be freed.\n\nFlushing multiple pages under kvm->lock is unfortunate, but the entire\nflow is a rare slow path, and the manual flush is only needed on CPUs that\nlack coherency for encrypted memory."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable code is reached only through the `KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION`/`KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_UNREG_REGION` ioctls on a local KVM VM file descriptor obtained from /dev/kvm. 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Nothing about winning the race depends on conditions outside the attacker's influence.\nPR:L - No capability check exists on the path \u2014 neither `kvm_arch_vm_ioctl()`'s `KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_*_REGION` cases nor `sev_guest_init()` require CAP_SYS_ADMIN \u2014 so any local user with access to /dev/kvm (commonly granted via the `kvm` group or permissive device modes on virtualization hosts) can create an SEV VM and trigger the UAF.\nUI:N - The attacking process performs both ioctls itself; no action by any other user or victim process is needed.\nS:U - The attacker is host userspace (the VMM process) corrupting host kernel memory, so the vulnerable component and impacted component share the same security authority. 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I.e. the\nregion structure itself would be fine, but region->pages could be freed.\n\nFlushing multiple pages under kvm->lock is unfortunate, but the entire\nflow is a rare slow path, and the manual flush is only needed on CPUs that\nlack coherency for encrypted memory."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: KVM: SVM: Vaciar p\u00e1ginas bajo kvm->lock para arreglar UAF en svm_register_enc_region() Realice el vaciado de cach\u00e9 de las p\u00e1ginas convertidas en svm_register_enc_region() antes de eliminar kvm->lock para arreglar el uso -Problemas posteriores a la liberaci\u00f3n en los que la regi\u00f3n y/o su conjunto de p\u00e1ginas podr\u00edan liberarse mediante una tarea diferente, por ejemplo, si el espacio de usuario ya tiene __unregister_enc_region_locked() en cola para la regi\u00f3n. Tenga en cuenta que la alternativa \"obvia\" de usar variables locales no resuelve completamente el error, ya que regi\u00f3n->p\u00e1ginas tambi\u00e9n se asigna din\u00e1micamente. Es decir, la estructura de la regi\u00f3n en s\u00ed estar\u00eda bien, pero se podr\u00edan liberar regiones->p\u00e1ginas. 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