6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.0%
The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 3.2.41-1 | linux_3.2.41-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 3.2.41-1 | linux_3.2.41-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | linux | < 3.2.41-1 | linux_3.2.41-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 3.2.41-1 | linux_3.2.41-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 3.2.41-1 | linux_3.2.41-1_all.deb |