Security Advisory
CVE-2018-10853
7
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside guest.
Published Date
September 11, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory