vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-4093): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 3, 2022 | Feb 3, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 3, 2022
Added
Feb 3, 2022
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting the Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State (SEV-ES). A KVM guest using SEV-ES can trigger out-of-bounds reads and writes in the host kernel via a malicious VMGEXIT for a string I/O instruction (for example, outs or ins) using the exit reason SVM_EXIT_IOIO. This issue results in a crash of the entire system or a potential guest-to-host escape scenario.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1028-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1028-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1029-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1011-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1012-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1013-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1016-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1016-raspiubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1016-raspi-nolpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1029-oemubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-28-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-28-generic-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-28-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-28-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04cubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspiubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtualubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04
References
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