CVE-2018-18021
arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c en KVM en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 4.18.12 en la plataforma arm64 gestiona de manera incorrecta la llamada IOCTL KVM_SET_ON_REG. Esto puede ser explotado por atacantes que puedan crear máquinas virtuales. Un atacante puede redireccionar de forma arbitraria el flujo de control del hipervisor (con control de registro total). Un atacante también puede provocar una denegación de servicio (pánico del hipervisor) mediante una devolución de excepción ilegal. Esto ocurre debido a las restricciones insuficientes sobre el acceso del espacio de usuario al archivo de registro core y, además, debido a que la validación PSTATE.M no evita los modos de ejecución no planeados.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.59%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 47
- Fecha de la puntuación: 9/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a3f93459d689d990b3ecfbe782fec89b97d3279
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d26c25a9d19b5976b319af528886f89cf455692d
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.12
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2a3f93459d689d990b3ecfbe782fec89b97d3279
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d26c25a9d19b5976b319af528886f89cf455692d
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4313
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/02/2
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a3f93459d689d990b3ecfbe782fec89b97d3279
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d26c25a9d19b5976b319af528886f89cf455692d
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.12
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2a3f93459d689d990b3ecfbe782fec89b97d3279
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d26c25a9d19b5976b319af528886f89cf455692d
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4313
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/02/2
JSON original (NVD)
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