In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Use kzalloc for sev ioctl interfaces to prevent kernel data leak For some sev ioctl interfaces, the length parameter that is passed maybe less than or equal to SEV_FW_BLOB_MAX_SIZE, but larger than the data that PSP firmware returns. In this case, kmalloc will allocate memory that is the size of the input rather than the size of the data. Since PSP firmware doesn't fully overwrite the allocated buffer, these sev ioctl interface may return uninitialized kernel slab memory.
History

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:45:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Use kzalloc for sev ioctl interfaces to prevent kernel data leak For some sev ioctl interfaces, the length parameter that is passed maybe less than or equal to SEV_FW_BLOB_MAX_SIZE, but larger than the data that PSP firmware returns. In this case, kmalloc will allocate memory that is the size of the input rather than the size of the data. Since PSP firmware doesn't fully overwrite the allocated buffer, these sev ioctl interface may return uninitialized kernel slab memory.
Title KVM: SVM: Use kzalloc for sev ioctl interfaces to prevent kernel data leak
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-02-26T02:14:03.630Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:40:28.652Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.590Z

Link: CVE-2022-49556

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:31.407

Modified: 2025-02-26T07:01:31.407

Link: CVE-2022-49556

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49556 - Bugzilla