CVE-2017-17741: Medium severity Linux Linux kernel vulnerability
Published Dec 18, 2017
·Updated
Last updated 4 July 2026
Other sources
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a writemmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.
— Launchpad
Affected Software
3 affected componentsFixes available
Linux Linux kernel<=4.14.7
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
debian/linux
6.1.176-16.1.190-16.12.107-16.12.115-27.2.12-17.2.15-1
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
debian/linuxto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.1.176-1Fixed in 6.1.190-1Fixed in 6.12.107-1Fixed in 6.12.115-2Fixed in 7.2.12-1Fixed in 7.2.15-1
Event History
Dec 18, 2017
CVE Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·08:29 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software