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CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario
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From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 17:04:57 +0530 (IST)
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Hello,
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where it allows userspace processes, for
example, a guest VM, to directly access h/w devices via its VFIO driver
modules. The VFIO modules allow users to enable or disable access to the
devices' MMIO memory address spaces. If a user attempts to access (read/write)
the devices' MMIO address space when it is disabled, some h/w devices issue an
interrupt to the CPU to indicate a fatal error condition, crashing the system.
This flaw allows a guest user or process to crash the host system resulting in
a denial of service.
Upstream patch:
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-> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit () gimli home/
-> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit () gimli home/
'CVE-2020-12888' requested via https://cveform.mitre.org/
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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