VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-12168

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…

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-617
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492984Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e3f7a29694049edd728e2400ab57ad7553e5aa9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.