UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15306

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15306

    Published: 6 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15306

    Summary:

    Details: The kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension function in arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM ioctl call to /dev/kvm.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15306, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3507-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3507-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15306

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-azure

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.13.0-1005.7

    Affected versions

    4.11.0-1009.9
    4.11.0-1011.11
    4.11.0-1013.13
    4.11.0-1014.14
    4.11.0-1015.15
    4.11.0-1016.16

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High