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CVE-2017-1000252

Publication date 26 September 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly bound guest IRQs. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 4.10.0-38.42
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-98.121
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-armadaxp 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1039.48
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-1005.7
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-euclid 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-1008.8
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1033.33
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1009.14
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-omap 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-shared 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-vexpress 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-quantal 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-raring 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-saucy 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-lts-wily 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-98.121~14.04.1
linux-maguro 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-qcm-msm 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 4.10.0-1020.23
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1076.84
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 17.10 artful
Fixed 4.4.0-1078.83
17.04 zesty
Fixed 4.4.0-1078.83
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1078.83
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ti-omap4 17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563 appears to be additional hardening

apw

break-fix: efc644048ecde54f016011fe10110addd0de348f 36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3468-2
    • Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 31 October 2017
    • USN-3468-3
    • Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
    • 31 October 2017
    • USN-3468-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 31 October 2017

Other references