vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-7518
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 30, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 30, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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