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CVE-2017-7518 Details

Description

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3290921 CVEPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0395 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0412 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7518 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions[email protected]
CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7518
NVD Published Date:
Jul 30, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7518 Details - Not Deferred