SB2017122111 - Fedora 27 update for kernel
Published: December 21, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122111
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17741)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to an error in the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can trigger write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.