Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-47228
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV
Some drivers require memory that is marked as EFI boot services
data. In order for this memory to not be re-used by the kernel
after ExitBootServices(), efi_mem_reserve() is used to preserve it
by inserting a new EFI memory descriptor and marking it with the
EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME attribute.
Under SEV, memory marked with the EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME attribute needs to
be mapped encrypted by Linux, otherwise the kernel might crash at boot
like below:
EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x3597688770a868b2: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 13 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.12.4-2-default #1 openSUSE Tumbleweed
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:efi_mokvar_entry_next
[...]
Call Trace:
efi_mokvar_sysfs_init
? efi_mokvar_table_init
do_one_initcall
? __kmalloc
kernel_init_freeable
? rest_init
kernel_init
ret_from_fork
Expand the __ioremap_check_other() function to additionally check for
this other type of boot data reserved at runtime and indicate that it
should be mapped encrypted for an SEV guest.
[ bp: Massage commit message. ]
Products affected by CVE-2021-47228
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-47228
0.03%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 7 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-47228
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.2
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.5
|
3.6
|
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2024-10-31 |
References for CVE-2021-47228
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208bb686e7fa7fff16e8fa78ff0db34aa9acdbd7
x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7a05aba39f733ec337c5b952e112dd2dc4fc404
x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d651ee9c71bb12fc0c8eb2786b66cbe5aa3e43b
x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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