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CVE-2017-2584

Kernel: kvm: use after free in complete_emulated_mmio

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · January 11, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 5.5
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CWE-416 · Use After Free