CVE-2017-12168

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12168
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-20 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 21:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-12168 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1492984 – (CVE-2017-12168) CVE-2017-12168 Kernel: kvm: ARM64: assert failure when accessing PMCCNTR register CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
arm64: KVM: pmu: Fix AArch32 cycle counter access · torvalds/linux@9e3f7a2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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