CVE-2021-38198

Public on 2021-08-08
Modified on 2021-10-04
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where it incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page. This issue leads to a missing guest protection page fault.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2021-09-30 19:25 ALAS-2021-1539
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2021-09-08 23:35 ALAS2-2021-1704
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 19:03 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006
Amazon Linux 2 - Microvm-kernel-4.14 Extra microvm-kernel 2023-09-14 04:27 ALAS2MICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-002
Amazon Linux 2 - Microvm-kernel-4.14 Extra microvm-kernel 2023-09-14 04:27 ALAS2MICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-003

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H