Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-36912
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl In CoCo VMs it is possible for the untrusted host to cause set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to fail such that an error is returned and the resulting memory is shared. Callers need to take care to handle these errors to avoid returning decrypted (shared) memory to the page allocator, which could lead to functional or security issues. In order to make sure callers of vmbus_establish_gpadl() and vmbus_teardown_gpadl() don't return decrypted/shared pages to allocators, add a field in struct vmbus_gpadl to keep track of the decryption status of the buffers. This will allow the callers to know if they should free or leak the pages.
EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions d4dccf353db80e209f262e3973c834e6e48ba9a9, 5.16, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-36912?
- CVE-2024-36912 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under CWE-1258. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-05-30.
- How severe is CVE-2024-36912?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.