CVE-2023-4155
low-risk
Published 2023-09-13
A flaw was found in KVM AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) in the Linux kernel. A KVM guest using SEV-ES or SEV-SNP with multiple vCPUs can trigger a double fetch race condition vulnerability and invoke the `VMGEXIT` handler recursively. If an attacker manages to call the handler multiple times, they can trigger a stack overflow and cause a denial of service or potentially guest-to-host escape in kernel configurations without stack guard pages (`CONFIG_VMAP_STACK`).
Do I need to act?
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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (5)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4155
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213802
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4155
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213802
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
12/34 · Low