CVE-2018-12904
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.2%
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.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 4.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile
- Published
- 2018-06-27
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=727ba748e110b4d…
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.2
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1589
- torvalds/linux/commit/727ba748e110b4de50d142edca9d6a9b7e6111d8
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3