CVE-2017-7518

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside the guest. Linux guests are not affected by this.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB) being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside the guest. Linux guests are not affected by this.

Se ha detectado un error en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 4.12 en la forma en la que el módulo KVM procesó el bit trap flag(TF) en EFLAGS durante la emulación de la instrucción de la llamada del sistema, lo que conduce a que se lance una excepción de depuración (#DB) en la pila invitada. Un usuario/proceso en un invitado podría utilizar este error para escalar sus privilegios en el invitado. Los invitados de Linux no se han visto afectados por esto.