CVE-2017-12168

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12168
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12168.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-12168
Downstream
Published
2017-09-20T08:29:00.210Z
Modified
2026-03-12T22:31:00.914229Z
Severity
  • 6.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The accesspmuevcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR).

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.8.10"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12168.json"