{"id":"USN-3484-3","summary":"linux-gcp vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not\nproperly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker\nin a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host OS crash)\nor possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","published":"2017-11-21T18:23:08Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12188"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12188","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12188"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3484-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12188"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-gcp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp@4.10.0-1009.9?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.10.0-1009.9"}]}],"versions":["4.10.0-1004.4","4.10.0-1006.6","4.10.0-1007.7","4.10.0-1008.8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-cloud-tools-4.10.0-1009-gcp"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-gcp-cloud-tools-4.10.0-1009"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-gcp-headers-4.10.0-1009"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-gcp-tools-4.10.0-1009"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-headers-4.10.0-1009-gcp"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-image-4.10.0-1009-gcp"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-image-extra-4.10.0-1009-gcp"},{"binary_version":"4.10.0-1009.9","binary_name":"linux-tools-4.10.0-1009-gcp"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3484-3.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-12188"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}