CVE-2017-12154

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12154
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-26 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe prepare_vmcs02 function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 does not ensure that the "CR8-load exiting" and "CR8-store exiting" L0 vmcs02 controls exist in cases where L1 omits the "use TPR shadow" vmcs12 control, which allows KVM L2 guest OS users to obtain read and write access to the hardware CR8 register.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3698-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kvm: nVMX: Don't allow L2 to access the hardware CR8 · torvalds/linux@51aa68e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH] kvm: nVMX: Don't allow L2 to access the hardware CR8 — Linux KVM CONFIRM www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3698-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2017-12154 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-12154 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1491224 – CVE-2017-12154 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0) CR8 register CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3981-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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