vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-12188): Linux kernel vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 11, 2017 | Nov 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 11, 2017
Added
Nov 21, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not
properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker
in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host OS crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-1009-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-1021-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-40-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-40-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-40-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-11-0-1015-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1006-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-17-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-17-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-17-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
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