CVE-2017-12154

The preparevmcs02 function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 does not ensure that the "CR8-load exiting" and "CR8-store exiting" L0 vmcs02 controls exist in cases where L1 omits the "use TPR shadow" vmcs12 control, which allows KVM L2 guest OS users to obtain read and write...

CVE-2017-12154

Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support CONFIGKVM, with nested visualization nVMX feature enabled nested=1, is vulnerable to a crash due to disabled external interrupts. As L2 guest could access r/w hardware CR8 register of the hostL0. In a nested visualization setup, L2 guest user...