Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6554.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-6554
Upstream
Published
2021-07-22T17:15:09Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:20:35.341471Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-29657 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.10.78.1-1
Details

arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 5.11.12 has a use-after-free in which an AMD KVM guest can bypass access control on host OS MSRs when there are nested guests, aka CID-a58d9166a756. This occurs because of a TOCTOU race condition associated with a VMCB12 double fetch in nestedsvmvmrun.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.78.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6554.json"