CVE-2018-10901
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-07-26 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 07:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB. With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT, particularly to the per-cpu variables. An attacker can use this to escalate their privileges.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104905Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2391Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2392Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2393Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2394Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10901Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3444d7da1839b851eefedd372978d8a982316c36Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
[UNKNOWN]kernel:
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