CVE-2018-19407medium
Description
The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) via crafted system calls that reach a situation where ioapic is uninitialized.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105987
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/20/580
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3872-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-2/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-11-21
Updated: 2019-03-21
Type: CWE-476
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM