Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17741

Description

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.

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Affected products

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Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.14.7
- (no CPE)range: <=4.14.7
osv-coords106 versions
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< 1.4-2.32.4.6+ 105 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4-2.32.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4-2.32.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 8.4.4-0.27.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.4.4-0.27.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 8.4.4-0.27.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2-0.24.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2-0.24.4.6
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.119.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.119.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.21.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.119.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.21.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.109.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.21.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.19.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-1.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6-0.28.5.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6-0.28.5.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg160796.htmlnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102227nvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.htmlnvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/nvd
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082nvd

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