SB2021102002 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real 8.2 update for kernel-rt
Published: October 20, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3656)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions within the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the "virt_ext" field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest.The vulnerability allows the L2 guest to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3653)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions within the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the "int_ctl" field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest.
As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.