CVE-2021-38198
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-38198 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-08-08 20:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-01-04 16:38:00 UTC |
| Description | arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVM: X86: MMU: Use the correct inherited permissions to get shadow page · torvalds/linux@b1bd5cb · GitHub | MISC | github.com | |
| cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11 | MISC | cdn.kernel.org | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 159421 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9474)
- 159422 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9475)
- 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
- 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
- 180043 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-38198)
- 198491 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5070-1)
- 198541 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5114-1)
- 198544 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-1)
- 198546 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-2)
- 352839 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1704
- 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
- 353145 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006
- 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
- 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
- 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
- 356186 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-003
- 356218 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-002
- 671137 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2713)
- 671804 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1844)
- 751137 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1271-1)
- 751155 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1)
- 751160 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)
- 751163 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1)
- 751164 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 40 for SLE 12 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1)
- 751170 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)
- 751437 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
- 751441 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
- 751451 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3935-1)
- 751473 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3969-1)
- 751476 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1)
- 900294 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
- 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
- 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
- 901372 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6582-1)
- 903293 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5122)
- 906057 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5122-1)