KVM Implementation Vulnerability: Write_MMIO Stack-based Out-of-Bounds Read

CVE-2017-17741 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Distribution Independent Linux.