fkie_cve-2017-15306
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-11-06 18:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension function in arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM ioctl call to /dev/kvm.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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