Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Flush pages under kvm->lock to fix UAF in svm_register_enc_region() Do the cache flush of converted pages in svm_register_enc_region() before dropping kvm->lock to fix use-after-free issues where region and/or its array of pages could be freed by a different task, e.g. if userspace has __unregister_enc_region_locked() already queued up for the region. Note, the "obvious" alternative of using local variables doesn't fully resolve the bug, as region->pages is also dynamically allocated. I.e. the region structure itself would be fine, but region->pages could be freed. Flushing multiple pages under kvm->lock is unfortunate, but the entire flow is a rare slow path, and the manual flush is only needed on CPUs that lack coherency for encrypted memory.
INFO
Published Date :
2024-05-17T12:24:49.520Z
Last Modified :
2025-05-04T12:55:45.574Z
Source :
Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-35791 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Debian |
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| Linux |
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| Redhat |
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