Reachable assertion in illumos bhyve REP string instruction emulation allows guest to panic host
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Vendor Solution
Update your illumos distribution to one that includes the fix for this issue.
Vendor Workaround
No configuration-level mitigation is available. In-kernel emulation of the local APIC, I/O APIC and HPET cannot be disabled on affected systems. Update to an illumos distribution that includes the fix.
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.123% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | A reachable assertion in the illumos bhyve instruction emulator allows a guest to panic the host. When emulating a REP-prefixed MOVS or STOS instruction that accesses guest MMIO, vie_emulate_movs() and vie_emulate_stos() in usr/src/uts/intel/io/vmm/vmm_instruction_emul.c do not clear the VIES_REPEAT status flag on the final iteration. For MMIO regions emulated in the kernel (the local APIC, I/O APIC and HPET), the stale flag causes a VERIFY assertion in vie_advance_pc() to fail, and the host panics. A privileged user within a guest VM can issue a REP MOVS or REP STOS instruction against the local APIC page to cause a denial of service of the host and every other guest running on it. The flaw has existed since 2020 (illumos-gate commit e0c0d44e), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit 696ecf8d. | |
| Title | Reachable assertion in illumos bhyve REP string instruction emulation allows guest to panic host | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-617 | |
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