A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, escalate their privileges in the guest.
Find out more about CVE-2018-1087 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
This issue affects the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 may address this issue.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (redhat-virtualization-host) | RHSA-2018:1710 | 2018-05-23 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (rhev-hypervisor7) | RHSA-2018:1711 | 2018-05-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2018:1355 | 2018-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.4 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1345 | 2018-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1347 | 2018-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.2 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1347 | 2018-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.3 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1348 | 2018-05-08 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor7) | RHSA-2018:1711 | 2018-05-23 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts | RHSA-2018:1524 | 2018-05-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1318 | 2018-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 7.2 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1347 | 2018-05-08 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | rhev-hypervisor-ng | Affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | rhev-hypervisor | Affected |
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