CVE-2017-17741 Information

Description

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102227 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg160796.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5

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