{"id":"CVE-2017-12168","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure a","description":"The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR).","publishedAt":"2017-09-20T08:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.551Z","severity":null,"assigner":"redhat","products":["n/a Linux kernel before 4.9"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"Linux kernel before 4.9","versions":[{"version":"Linux kernel before 4.9","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11","http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984"],"weaknesses":["CWE-617"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:43:15.172Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2017/12xxx/CVE-2017-12168.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2017-12168","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-09-20T08:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.551Z","assignerShortName":"redhat","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateReserved":"2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and host OS crash) by accessing the Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR)."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"Linux kernel before 4.9","versions":[{"version":"Linux kernel before 4.9","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-617","description":"assert failure CWE-617","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2017-09-20T07:57:01.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749"},"datePublic":"2017-09-20T00:00:00.000Z"},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.551Z"}}]}}}