CVE-2017-1000407

Public on 2017-12-11
Modified on 2017-12-21
Description

Linux kernel Virtualization Module (CONFIG_KVM) for the Intel processor family (CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) is vulnerable to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood the I/O port 0x80 with write requests. A guest user could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2017-12-21 00:02 ALAS-2017-937

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.6 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H