CVE - CVE-2018-12904

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-12904	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.2, when nested virtualization is used, local attackers could cause L1 KVM guests to VMEXIT, potentially allowing privilege escalations and denial of service attacks due to lack of checking of CPL.
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:44944 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44944/ MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=727ba748e110b4de50d142edca9d6a9b7e6111d8 MISC:https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1589 MISC:https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.2 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/727ba748e110b4de50d142edca9d6a9b7e6111d8 UBUNTU:USN-3752-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3752-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/ UBUNTU:USN-3752-3 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180627	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180627)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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