CVE-2017-15306

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.045

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3507-1) linux-image-4.13.0-19-generic_4.13.0-19.22_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3507-1) linux-image-4.13.0-19-generic_4.13.0-19.22_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3507-1) linux-image-4.13.0-19-lowlatency_4.13.0-19.22_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-3507-1) linux-image-4.13.0-19-lowlatency_4.13.0-19.22_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (LSN-0033-1) linux-image-4.13.0-1002-gcp_4.13.0-1002.5_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems (USN-3507-2) linux-image-4.13.0-1002-gcp_4.13.0-1002.5_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234