Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Handle SRCU initialization failure during page track init Check the return of init_srcu_struct(), which can fail due to OOM, when initializing the page track mechanism. Lack of checking leads to a NULL pointer deref found by a modified syzkaller. [Move the call towards the beginning of kvm_arch_init_vm. - Paolo]
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected 0eb05bf290cfe8610d9680b49abef37febd1c38a before deb2949417677649e2413266d7ce8c2ff73952b4; affected 0eb05bf290cfe8610d9680b49abef37febd1c38a before 4664318f73e496cd22c71b10888e75434a123e23; affected 0eb05bf290cfe8610d9680b49abef37febd1c38a before eb7511bf9182292ef1df1082d23039e856d1ddfb |
| Linux / Linux | affected 4.6; unaffected 0 before 4.6; unaffected 5.10.71 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.14.10 through 5.14.*; unaffected 5.15 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb2949417677649e2413266d7ce8c2ff73952b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4664318f73e496cd22c71b10888e75434a123e23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7511bf9182292ef1df1082d23039e856d1ddfb
ADP enrichment
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