| Name | CVE-2018-10853 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1422-1, DLA-1423-1, ELA-17-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.218-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.221-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.94-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.99-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.9.10-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.9.11-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.303-1~deb8u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.57-1 | DLA-1422-1 | ||
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.110-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.16.16-1 | |||
| linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.110-1~deb8u1 | DLA-1423-1 |
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/3c9fa24ca7c9c47605672916491f79e8ccacb9e6