CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-10901

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-07-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-665

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.36) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.5 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

References