A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside the guest. Linux guests are not affected by this.
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Published : 2018-07-30 15:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32
NVD link : CVE-2017-7518
Mitre link : CVE-2017-7518
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7518
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux
- enterprise_linux_server
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
canonical
- ubuntu_linux