CVE-2017-1000252
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bb
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/15/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490781
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bb
- https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549145711115&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549146311117&w=2
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000252.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000252
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-617
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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