CVE-2023-5090

high

Published 2024-05-08 · Modified 2024-07-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`rv-5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4.aarch64.rpm`
8	Fixed	`kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10.x86_64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.5.8-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.5.8-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.5.8-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.64-1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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