CVE-2017-8106

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8106
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-24T23:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-05-05T12:50:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1678676 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195167 Issue Tracking
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8106
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8106
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:43:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:24:06 2017-04-24T23:59Z 2017-04-24T23:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:24:06 2017-05-05T12:50:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:24:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated