Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2021-46977
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: VMX: Disable preemption when probing user return MSRs Disable preemption when probing a user return MSR via RDSMR/WRMSR. If the MSR holds a different value per logical CPU, the WRMSR could corrupt the host's value if KVM is preempted between the RDMSR and WRMSR, and then rescheduled on a different CPU. Opportunistically land the helper in common x86, SVM will use the helper in a future commit.
EPSS: 0.002 (14.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 4be5341026246870818e28b53202b001426a5aec, 5.5, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.13
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-46977?
- CVE-2021-46977 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2021-46977?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.