CVE-2023-5090 (GCVE-0-2023-5090)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-06 10:56
Modified
2025-11-08 07:10
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Summary
A flaw was found in KVM. An improper check in svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception() may allow direct access to host x2apic msrs when the guest resets its apic, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.
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| ► | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected: 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 < * cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime |
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