We found results for “”
CVE-2018-15468
Good to know:
Date: August 17, 2018
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x. The DEBUGCTL MSR contains several debugging features, some of which virtualise cleanly, but some do not. In particular, Branch Trace Store is not virtualised by the processor, and software has to be careful to configure it suitably not to lock up the core. As a result, it must only be available to fully trusted guests. Unfortunately, in the case that vPMU is disabled, all value checking was skipped, allowing the guest to choose any MSR_DEBUGCTL setting it likes. A malicious or buggy guest administrator (on Intel x86 HVM or PVH) can lock up the entire host, causing a Denial of Service.
Language: C
Severity Score
Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Top Fix
CVSS v3.1
Base Score: |
|
---|---|
Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Privileges Required (PR): | HIGH |
User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
Scope (S): | CHANGED |
Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
Integrity (I): | NONE |
Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
Base Score: |
|
---|---|
Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
Access Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Authentication (AU): | NONE |
Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
Integrity (I): | NONE |
Availability (A): | COMPLETE |
Additional information: |