CVE-2021-4032 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem, specifically in the kvm_free_lapic function, affecting kernel versions prior to 5.15 rc7. This flaw allows a highly privileged local attacker to crash the kernel by mishandling memory allocation errors during virtual CPU construction. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), it requires high privileges and local access to exploit, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c kvm_free_lapic when a failure allocation was detected. In this flaw the KVM subsystem may crash the kernel due to mishandling of memory errors that happens during VCPU construction which allows an attacker with special user privilege to cause a denial of service. This flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.15 rc7.
Jan 11, 2022kernel: kvm: mishandling of memory error during VCPU construction can lead to DoS
Sep 8, 2021