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Debian: CVE-2018-12904: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 27, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

In arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.2, when nested virtualization is used, local attackers could cause L1 KVM guests to VMEXIT, potentially allowing privilege escalations and denial of service attacks due to lack of checking of CPL.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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