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Unscored USN-5073-2 5 CVEs

linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities

Published Sep 17, 2021 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor
implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to
disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a
guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host's physical
memory. (CVE-2021-3656)

Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD
processors in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a guest VM from
enabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this
to write to portions of the host's physical memory. (CVE-2021-3653)

Norbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger (bcm) protocol
implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in
some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-34693)

Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device
registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate input lengths in some situations. A local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1108.122
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1108.122~16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3612
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3653
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3656
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34693
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38160