VDB
CVE-2017-12168
CVE-2017-12168
REJECTED
CVSS 6 MEDIUM
The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR).
EPSS 0.42% · 33.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.42%
33.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oem | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-oem | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 12, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12168 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9 third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12168 third-party-advisory