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CVE-2018-12904

Published: Jun 27, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/727ba748e110b4de50d142edca9d6a9b7e6111d8

x_refsource_MISC

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.2

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1589

x_refsource_MISC

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=727ba748e110b4de50d142edca9d6a9b7e6111d8

x_refsource_MISC

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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