Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-1000252
CVE-2017-1000252
Description
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
13- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/15/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/36ae3c0a36b7456432fedce38ae2f7bd3e01a563nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a8b0677fc6180a467e26cc32ce6b0c09a32f9bbnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101022nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130nvd
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