CVE-2017-1000252
Moderate
CVE-2017-1000252
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
September 26, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-1000252
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The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bb
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/15/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490781
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bb
- https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549145711115&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549146311117&w=2