CVE-2017-12188 (GCVE-0-2017-12188)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-11 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28
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Summary
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (incorrect index during page walking, and host OS crash), aka an "MMU potential stack buffer overrun."
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No CVSS data available.
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n/a Linux kernel Affected: Linux kernel
Date Public ?
2017-10-11 00:00
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