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User Interaction
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Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
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CVE-2021-47217

Disclosure Date: April 10, 2024
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/hyperv: Fix NULL deref in set_hv_tscchange_cb() if Hyper-V setup fails

Check for a valid hv_vp_index array prior to derefencing hv_vp_index when
setting Hyper-V’s TSC change callback. If Hyper-V setup failed in
hyperv_init(), the kernel will still report that it’s running under
Hyper-V, but will have silently disabled nearly all functionality.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) – not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 4 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #75
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:set_hv_tscchange_cb+0x15/0xa0
Code: <8b> 04 82 8b 15 12 17 85 01 48 c1 e0 20 48 0d ee 00 01 00 f6 c6 08

Call Trace:
kvm_arch_init+0x17c/0x280
kvm_init+0x31/0x330
vmx_init+0xba/0x13a
do_one_initcall+0x41/0x1c0
kernel_init_freeable+0x1f2/0x23b
kernel_init+0x16/0x120
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

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