{"id":"USN-3488-1","summary":"linux-azure 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":"2026-02-10T04:41:15Z","published":"2017-11-21T18:15:58Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12188"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12188","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12188"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3488-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12188"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-azure","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.11.0-1015.15?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.11.0-1015.15"}]}],"versions":["4.11.0-1009.9","4.11.0-1011.11","4.11.0-1013.13","4.11.0-1014.14"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.11.0-1015"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-azure-headers-4.11.0-1015"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-azure-tools-4.11.0-1015"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-cloud-tools-4.11.0-1015-azure"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-headers-4.11.0-1015-azure"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-image-4.11.0-1015-azure"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-image-extra-4.11.0-1015-azure"},{"binary_version":"4.11.0-1015.15","binary_name":"linux-tools-4.11.0-1015-azure"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3488-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12188","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"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}