Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: use after free via nested_get_vmcs12_pages
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can force the usage of a freed
memory area via nested_get_vmcs12_pages() of the Linux kernel, in
order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code on
the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-use-after-free-via-nested-get-vmcs12-pages-28048