CVE-2017-17741 in Kernel

Summary

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

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• Reservation: 12/18/2017
• Disclosure: 12/18/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-110784 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.00055
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17741
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17741
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-17741/