ALT-PU-2016-2367-1
Package kernel-image-un-def updated to version 4.8.11-alt1 for branch sisyphus in task 173484.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2017-09-20
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
CVE-2017-12168
The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR).
Severity: MEDIUM (6.0)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9