Bug 1520328 (CVE-2017-1000407) - CVE-2017-1000407 Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80
Summary: CVE-2017-1000407 Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-1000407
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1520331 1520347 1520348 1520349 1695838
Blocks: 1519133
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-04 09:29 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-03-11 16:29 UTC (History)
46 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Linux kernel Virtualization Module (CONFIG_KVM) for the Intel processor family (CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) is vulnerable to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood the I/O port 0x80 with write requests. A guest user could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:32:35 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:0676 0 None None None 2018-04-10 08:12:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1062 0 None None None 2018-04-10 09:36:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1170 0 None None None 2019-05-14 19:08:22 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2017-12-04 09:29:20 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the KVM virtualization(CONFIG_KVM) support
for the Intel processor family(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL), is vulnerable
to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood the I/O
port 0x80 with write requests.

A guest user could use this flaw to crash the host kernel
resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch
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  -> https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg159809.html

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/2
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2017-12-04 09:30:39 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1520331]
Comment 6 Justin M. Forbes 2018-01-29 17:34:52 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 4.14.6 stable updates
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 08:11:58 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 09:35:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-14 19:08:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2019:1170 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
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