Upstream information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kvm: avoid speculation-based attacks from out-of-range memslot accesses KVM's mechanism for accessing guest memory translates a guest physical address (gpa) to a host virtual address using the right-shifted gpa (also known as gfn) and a struct kvm_memory_slot. The translation is performed in __gfn_to_hva_memslot using the following formula: hva = slot->userspace_addr + (gfn - slot->base_gfn) * PAGE_SIZE It is expected that gfn falls within the boundaries of the guest's physical memory. However, a guest can access invalid physical addresses in such a way that the gfn is invalid. __gfn_to_hva_memslot is called from kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_hva_prot, which first retrieves a memslot through __gfn_to_memslot. While __gfn_to_memslot does check that the gfn falls within the boundaries of the guest's physical memory or not, a CPU can speculate the result of the check and continue execution speculatively using an illegal gfn. The speculation can result in calculating an out-of-bounds hva. If the resulting host virtual address is used to load another guest physical address, this is effectively a Spectre gadget consisting of two consecutive reads, the second of which is data dependent on the first. Right now it's not clear if there are any cases in which this is exploitable. One interesting case was reported by the original author of this patch, and involves visiting guest page tables on x86. Right now these are not vulnerable because the hva read goes through get_user(), which contains an LFENCE speculation barrier. However, there are patches in progress for x86 uaccess.h to mask kernel addresses instead of using LFENCE; once these land, a guest could use speculation to read from the VMM's ring 3 address space. Other architectures such as ARM already use the address masking method, and would be susceptible to this same kind of data-dependent access gadgets. Therefore, this patch proactively protects from these attacks by masking out-of-bounds gfns in __gfn_to_hva_memslot, which blocks speculation of invalid hvas. Sean Christopherson noted that this patch does not cover kvm_read_guest_offset_cached. This however is limited to a few bytes past the end of the cache, and therefore it is unlikely to be useful in the context of building a chain of data dependent accesses.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| SUSE | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2024:1979-1, published Tue Jun 11 08:30:46 UTC 2024
- SUSE-SU-2024:1983-1, published Tue Jun 11 12:30:57 UTC 2024
- SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1, published Mon Jun 24 20:31:15 UTC 2024
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP5-2024-2184 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2024-2184 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP5-2024-1983 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-2184 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1979 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2184 SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2024-2184 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-2184 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2024-2184 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-syms | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-syms-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 | kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_57 | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-rt | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-rt_debug | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-syms-rt | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-docs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-obs-build | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-syms | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-syms-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-docs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-obs-build | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-syms | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-syms-azure | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | kernel-docs | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | kernel-obs-build | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Already fixed |
| Container Status | ||
| suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node | kernel-default | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue May 21 18:00:51 2024CVE page last modified: Wed Jun 26 00:35:16 2024