CVE-2017-15306

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101693

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/06/6

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac64115a66c18c01745bbd3c47a36b124e5fd8c0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-06

Updated: 2017-11-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium