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CVE-2023-30456

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

An issue was discovered in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.8. nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/10/2023

Last Modified3/19/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-754

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173757/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0096-1.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.8(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/112e66017bff7f2837030f34c2bc19501e9212d5(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0007/(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173757/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0096-1.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/112e66017bff7f2837030f34c2bc19501e9212d5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0007/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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