CVE-2023-4155

high
Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2023-11-14
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.0

Description

RHSA-2023:7077: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability Red Hat statement Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are not affected by this flaw, as they did not include support for KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). Note: AMD SEV is currently provided as a Technology Preview in RHEL 8, therefore, it is unsupported for production use. For additional details see…

Description

kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are not affected by this flaw, as they did not include support for KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). Note: AMD SEV is currently provided as a Technology Preview in RHEL 8, therefore, it is unsupported for production use. For additional details see https://access.redhat.com/articles/4491591 and https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview.

CVSS v3: 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Errata / fixed releases

ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9RHSA-2023:69012023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9RHSA-2023:70772023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportkernel-0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6RHSA-2024:38592024-06-12T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Servicekernel-0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6RHSA-2024:38592024-06-12T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionskernel-0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6RHSA-2024:38592024-06-12T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Supportkernel-0:4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8RHSA-2024:47402024-07-23T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3RHSA-2023:65832023-11-07T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3RHSA-2023:65832023-11-07T00:00:00Z

Package state

ProductPackageState
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6kernelNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernelNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernel-rtNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-rtAffected

Apply commands

bash fix
Apply RHSA-2023:6901 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
yum update -y kernel-rt
# or:
dnf upgrade -y kernel-rt

Affected

VendorProductVersion
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9Affected

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.52-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.4.11-1
debian debiansidfixed6.4.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.4.11-1
almalinux almalinux8fixedkernel-doc-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.noarch.rpm
redhat rhel8fixed

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.