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CVE-2023-5090

Kernel: kvm: svm: improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception allows direct access to host x2apic msrs

Published: 11/6/2023 Last updated: 11/8/2025 Reserved: 9/20/2023

A flaw was found in KVM. An improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() may allow direct access to host x2apic msrs when the guest resets its apic, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 6 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (29)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes ortools_solvers orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (18)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < 09f30f394e832ed09859b6a80fdd20668a9104ff
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < 39691d51af99f80efb9e365f94b8e0c791fa1a2f
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 14ed46a13aba42a6ddd85de6f6274090df3586a5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < 5.15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat < 8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < 9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat < 4.16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 5.15.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat 5.15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat < e095493091e850d5292ad01d8fbf5cde1d89ac53
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat 4.16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 6.0.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 5.15.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 6.0.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Version TBD
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 6.1.*

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Credits (2)