CVE-2017-12168
Published
CVSS v3
6
MEDIUM
CVSS v2
4.9
MEDIUM
Affected
1
PROJECT
Description
The access_pmu_evcntr 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).
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