CVE-2018-12904

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.2, when nested virtualization is used, local attackers could cause L1 KVM guests to VMEXIT, potentially allowing privilege escalations and denial of service attacks due to lack of checking of CPL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12904

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12904.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.16.16-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.16.16-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.16.16-1
debian debiansidfixed4.16.16-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.16.16-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.