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Debian: CVE-2017-15306: linux -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Nov 6, 2017

Added

Jul 30, 2024

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux

References

CVE-2017-15306
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-15306
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2017-6762
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-6762

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