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Description
A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside guest.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
09/11/2018
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Change History
2 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
10/2/2018 6:29:04 AM
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ [No Types Assigned] |
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
9/12/2018 6:29:02 AM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned] |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned] |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned] |