CVE-2023-5090 (GCVE-0-2023-5090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 10:56 – Updated: 2025-11-08 07:10
VLAI?
Title
Kernel: kvm: svm: improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception allows direct access to host x2apic msrs
Summary
A flaw was found in KVM. An improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() may allow direct access to host x2apic msrs when the guest resets its apic, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.
Severity ?
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2758 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3854 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3855 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4211 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4352 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5090 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248122 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::baseos
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-284.69.1.rt14.354.el9_2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::realtime
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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Credits
This issue was discovered by Maxim Levitsky (Red Hat).
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