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FKIE_CVE-2017-1000252

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-26 05:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:58
Summary
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/15/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101022
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490781Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549145711115&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549146311117&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/15/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101022
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490781Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549145711115&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549146311117&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:58:59.293",
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