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.
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00043.html - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029 - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043 - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036 - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0103 - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0179 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10853 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=129a72a0d3c8e139a04512325384fe5ac119e74 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c9fa24ca7c9c47605672916491f79e8ccacb9e6 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/02/1 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 4.6
v3 : 7.0 |
Information
Published : 2018-09-11 14:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:42
NVD link : CVE-2018-10853
Mitre link : CVE-2018-10853
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-10853
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
debian
- debian_linux