arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (incorrect index during page walking, and host OS crash), aka an "MMU potential stack buffer overrun."
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3484-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3484-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3484-3 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3487-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3488-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.694Z

Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12188

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-11T15:29:00.180

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12188

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12188 - Bugzilla

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