UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17741

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17741

    Published: 18 Dec 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17741
    Aliases:
    USN-3617-1
    USN-3617-2
    USN-3617-3

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17741, https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg160710.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3617-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3620-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3620-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3632-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17741

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-144.193

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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