KVM: Stop looking for coalesced MMIO zones if the bus is destroyed

Summary

CVECVE-2021-47060
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-02-29 23:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:16:43 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Stop looking for coalesced MMIO zones if the bus is destroyed Abort the walk of coalesced MMIO zones if kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev() fails to allocate memory for the new instance of the bus. If it can't instantiate a new bus, unregister_dev() destroys all devices _except_ the target device. But, it doesn't tell the caller that it obliterated the bus and invoked the destructor for all devices that were on the bus. In the coalesced MMIO case, this can result in a deleted list entry dereference due to attempting to continue iterating on coalesced_zones after future entries (in the walk) have been deleted. Opportunistically add curly braces to the for-loop, which encompasses many lines but sneaks by without braces due to the guts being a single if statement.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-noinfo Not enough information


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 41b2ea7a6a11e2b1a7f2c29e1675a709a6b2b98d 7d1bc32d6477ff96a32695ea4be8144e4513ab2d git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e 2a20592baff59c5351c5200ec667e1a2aa22af85 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e 168e82f640ed1891a700bdb43e37da354b2ab63c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e 50cbad42bfea8c052b7ca590bd4126cdc898713c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e 5d3c4c79384af06e3c8e25b7770b6247496b4417 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected f0dfffce3f4ffd5f822568a4a6fb34c010e939d1 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 840e124f89a5127e7eb97ebf377f4b8ca745c070 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 40a023f681befd9b2862a3c16fb306a38b359ae5 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 19184bd06f488af62924ff1747614a8cb284ad63 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 68c125324b5e1d1d22805653735442923d896a1d git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.4.66 5.4.119 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.4.238 4.5 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.9.238 4.10 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.14.200 4.15 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.19.148 4.20 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.8.10 5.9 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.9 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.9 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.4.119 5.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.37 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.11.21 5.11.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.12.4 5.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.13 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/168e82f640ed1891a700bdb43e37da354b2ab63c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/50cbad42bfea8c052b7ca590bd4126cdc898713c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1bc32d6477ff96a32695ea4be8144e4513ab2d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d3c4c79384af06e3c8e25b7770b6247496b4417 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a20592baff59c5351c5200ec667e1a2aa22af85 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 755966 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1)
  • 756004 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1)

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