CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2018-10853
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.47%
Linux
Original NVD 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.
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