The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3... · CVE-2017-1000252 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Sep 26, 2017

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022

Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate

5.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H