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CVE-2017-17741 json

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory,…

published 2017-12-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8893

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.14.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17741

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-144.193
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-119.143
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1016.16
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1054.63
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1012.16
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1020.25
  • linux-oem Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1022.24

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17741

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.109.2
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.109.2
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +3 more 4.4.121-92.109.2
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_29 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 +1 more 1-3.5.2
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP3 4.4.138-3.14.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP3 4.4.138-3.14.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP3 4.4.138-3.14.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP3 4.4.138-3.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1287-1SUSE-SU-2018:1816-1SUSE-SU-2018:1772-1SUSE-SU-2018:0841-1SUSE-SU-2018:0660-1SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1

  • linux Arch Linux 4.16-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 4.16.1-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 4.14.11.a-1
  • linux-lts Arch Linux 4.9.77-1

arch linux advisories AVG-567AVG-572AVG-574AVG-992

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17741 updated cvss 4.1

kernel: kvm: stack-based out-of-bounds read via vmcall instruction

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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