CVE-2019-3887 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3887

Vendor The Linux Foundation
Product Kernel
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published April 9, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in the way KVM hypervisor handled x2APIC Machine Specific Rregister (MSR) access with nested(=1) virtualization enabled. In that, L1 guest could access L0's APIC register values via L2 guest, when 'virtualize x2APIC mode' is enabled. A guest could use this flaw to potentially crash the host kernel resulting in DoS issue. Kernel versions from 4.16 and newer are vulnerable to this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 9, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated