CVE-2018-10853

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside guest.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-09-11 14:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03


NVD link : CVE-2018-10853

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10853

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-10853


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges