CVE-2017-1000252

El subsistema KVM en el kernel de Linux hasta la versión 4.13.3 permite que los usuarios invitados del sistema operativo provoquen una denegación de servicio (fallo de aserción y bloqueo o cierre inesperado del hipervisor) mediante un valor guest_irq fuera de límites, relacionado con arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c y virt/kvm/eventfd.c.

A reachable assertion failure flaw was found in the Linux kernel built with KVM virtualisation(CONFIG_KVM) support with Virtual Function I/O feature (CONFIG_VFIO) enabled. This failure could occur if a malicious guest device sent a virtual interrupt (guest IRQ) with a larger (>1024) index value.

USN-3468-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly bound guest IRQs. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the Flash-Friendly File System implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate superblock metadata. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.