oss-security - CVE-2018-16882 Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use after free in posted interrupt processing

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YSQ.7.76.1812190041530.7329@xnncv>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:45:34 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>
Subject: CVE-2018-16882 Kernel: KVM: nVMX: use after free in posted interrupt
 processing

   Hello,

A use after free issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor 
processed posted interrupts, when nested(=1) virtualization is enabled. In 
nested_get_vmcs12_pages(), in case of an error while processing posted 
interrupt address, it unmaps the 'pi_desc_page' without resetting 'pi_desc' 
descriptor address. Which is latter used in pi_test_and_clear_on().

A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in 
DoS.

Upstream patch:
---------------
   -> https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=154514994222809&w=2

This issue was reported by Cfir Cohen of google.com.

Thank you.
--
Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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