CVE-2017-18030
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest...
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.4
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
- Record
CVE-2017-18030- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
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CVE-2017-18030- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9170 No score
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9170- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8v4h-p9x9-5mm5
4.4
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest...
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
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GHSA-8v4h-p9x9-5mm5- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-18030
4.4
CVE-2017-18030 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2017-18030- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.4
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
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CVE-2017-18030- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-18030
4.4
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18030- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18030
4.4
The cirrus_invalidate_region function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18030- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0438-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#1067317: pass cache=writeback|unsafe|directsync to qemu depending on the libxl disk settings
- bsc#1051729: Prevent invalid symlinks after install of SLES 12 SP2
- bsc#1035442: Increased the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100 seconds. If many domUs shutdown in parallel the backends couldn't keep up
- bsc#1027519: Added several upstream patches
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0438-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0472-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#1051729: Prevent invalid symlinks after install of SLES 12 SP2
- bsc#1035442: Increased the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100 seconds. If many domUs shutdown in parallel the backends couldn't keep up
- bsc#1027519: Added several upstream patches
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0472-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0601-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- Added missing intermediate preemption checks for guest requesting removal of memory. This allowed malicious guest administrator to cause denial of service due to the high cost of this operation (bsc#1080635).
- Because of XEN not returning the proper error messages when transitioning grant tables from v2 to v1 a malicious guest was able to cause DoS or potentially allowed for privilege escalation as well as information leaks (bsc#1080662).
This non-security issue was fixed:
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bsc#1035442: Increased the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100 seconds. If many domUs shutdown in parallel the backends couldn't keep up
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Upstream patches from Jan (bsc#1027519)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0601-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0609-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- Added missing intermediate preemption checks for guest requesting removal of memory. This allowed malicious guest administrator to cause denial of service due to the high cost of this operation (bsc#1080635).
- Because of XEN not returning the proper error messages when transitioning grant tables from v2 to v1 a malicious guest was able to cause DoS or potentially allowed for privilege escalation as well as information leaks (bsc#1080662).
This non-security issue was fixed:
- bsc#1035442: Increased the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100 seconds. If many domUs shutdown in parallel the backends couldn't keep up
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SUSE-SU-2018:0609-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0638-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
This new feature was included:
- add script and sysv service to watch for vcpu online/offline events in a HVM domU
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- Added missing intermediate preemption checks for guest requesting removal of memory. This allowed malicious guest administrator to cause denial of service due to the high cost of this operation (bsc#1080635).
- Because of XEN not returning the proper error messages when transitioning grant tables from v2 to v1 a malicious guest was able to cause DoS or potentially allowed for privilege escalation as well as information leaks (bsc#1080662).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#1035442: Increased the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100 seconds. If many domUs shutdown in parallel the backends couldn't keep up
- bsc#1031382: Prevent VMs from crashing when migrating between dom0 hosts in case read() returns zero on the receiver side.
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SUSE-SU-2018:0638-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0678-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2018-5683: The vga_draw_text function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation (bsc#1076116).
- CVE-2017-18030: The cirrus_invalidate_region function allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch (bsc#1076180).
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode (bsc#1070160).
- CVE-2017-17565: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P (bsc#1070163).
- Added missing intermediate preemption checks for guest requesting removal of memory. This allowed malicious guest administrator to cause denial of service due to the high cost of this operation (bsc#1080635).
- Because of XEN not returning the proper error messages when transitioning grant tables from v2 to v1 a malicious guest was able to cause DoS or potentially allowed for privilege escalation as well as information leaks (bsc#1080662).
- CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#1024307)
- Unprivileged domains could have issued well-timed writes to xenstore which conflict with transactions to stall progress of the control domain or driver domain, possibly leading to DoS (bsc#1030144, XSA-206).
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SUSE-SU-2018:0678-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0831-1 No score
Security update for qemu
This update for qemu fixes the following issues:
This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrate with corresponding changes in libvirt. (CVE-2017-5715 bsc#1068032)
The January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by exposing the spec-ctrl feature for all x86 vcpu types, which was the quick and dirty approach, but not the proper solution.
We replaced our initial patch by the patches from upstream.
This update defines spec_ctrl and ibpb cpu feature flags as well as new cpu models which are clones of existing models with either -IBRS or -IBPB added to the end of the model name. These new vcpu models explicitly include the new feature(s), whereas the feature flags can be added to the cpu parameter as with other features. In short, for continued Spectre v2 protection, ensure that either the appropriate cpu feature flag is added to the QEMU command-line, or one of the new cpu models is used.
Although migration from older versions is supported, the new cpu features won't be properly exposed to the guest until it is restarted with the cpu features explicitly added. A reboot is insufficient.
A warning patch is added which attempts to detect a migration from a qemu version which had the quick and dirty fix (it only detects certain cases, but hopefully is helpful.) For additional information on Spectre v2 as it relates to QEMU, see: https://www.qemu.org/2018/02/14/qemu-2-11-1-and-spectre-update/
A patch is added to continue to detect Spectre v2 mitigation features (as shown by cpuid), and if found provide that feature to guests, even if running on older KVM (kernel) versions which do not yet expose that feature to QEMU. (bsc#1082276)
These two patches will be removed when we can reasonably assume everyone is running with the appropriate updates.
Also security fixes for the following CVE issues are included:
- CVE-2017-15119: The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU), was vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS. (bsc#1070144)
- CVE-2017-15124: VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator (QEMU) was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A malicious remote VNC client could use this flaw to cause DoS to the server host. (bsc#1073489)
- CVE-2017-16845: The PS2 driver in Qemu did not validate 'rptr' and 'count' values during guest migration, leading to out-of-bounds access. (bsc#1068613)
- CVE-2017-17381: The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allowed local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings. (bsc#1071228)
- CVE-2017-18030: A problem in the Cirrus driver in Qemu allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to negative pitch. (bsc#1076179)
- CVE-2017-18043: Integer overflow in the macro ROUND_UP (n, d) in Quick Emulator (Qemu) allowed a user to cause a denial of service (Qemu process crash). (bsc#1076775)
- CVE-2018-5683: The VGA driver in Qemu allowed local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging improper memory address validation. (bsc#1076114)
- CVE-2018-7550: The multiboot functionality in Quick Emulator (aka QEMU) allowed local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via an out-of-bounds read or write memory access. (bsc#1083291)
Also the following bugs were fixed:
- Eliminate bogus use of CPUID_7_0_EDX_PRED_CMD…
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SUSE-SU-2018:0831-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1077-1 No score
Security update for kvm
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
-
This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrates with corresponding changes in libvirt. A January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by exposing the spec-ctrl feature for all x86 vcpu types, which was the quick and dirty approach, but not the proper solution. We remove that initial patch and now rely on patches from upstream. This update defines spec_ctrl and ibpb cpu feature flags as well as new cpu models which are clones of existing models with either -IBRS or -IBPB added to the end of the model name. These new vcpu models explicitly include the new feature(s), whereas the feature flags can be added to the cpu parameter as with other features. In short, for continued Spectre v2 protection, ensure that either the appropriate cpu feature flag is added to the QEMU command-line, or one of the new cpu models is used. Although migration from older versions is supported, the new cpu features won't be properly exposed to the guest until it is restarted with the cpu features explicitly added. A reboot is insufficient.
-
A warning patch is added which attempts to detect a migration from a qemu version which had the quick and dirty fix (it only detects certain cases, but hopefully is helpful.) For additional information on Spectre v2 as it relates to QEMU, see: https://www.qemu.org/2018/02/14/qemu-2-11-1-and-spectre-update/ (CVE-2017-5715 bsc#1068032)
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A patch is added to continue to detect Spectre v2 mitigation features (as shown by cpuid), and if found provide that feature to guests, even if running on older KVM (kernel) versions which do not yet expose that feature to QEMU. (bsc#1082276) These two patches will be removed when we can reasonably assume everyone is running with the appropriate updates.
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Security fixes for the following CVE issues: (bsc#1076114 CVE-2018-5683) (bsc#1083291 CVE-2018-7550)
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This patch is already included, add here for CVE track (bsc#1076179 CVE-2017-18030)
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Toolchain changes have cause the built size of pxe-virtio.rom to exceed 64K. Tweak rarely used strings in code to reduce size of the binary so it fits again.
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Eliminate bogus use of CPUID_7_0_EDX_PRED_CMD which we've carried since the initial Spectre v2 patch was added. EDX bit 27 of CPUID Leaf 07H, Sub-leaf 0 provides status on STIBP, and not the PRED_CMD MSR. Exposing the STIBP CPUID feature bit to the guest is wrong in general, since the VM doesn't directly control the scheduling of physical hyperthreads. This is left strictly to the L0 hypervisor.
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SUSE-SU-2018:1077-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1308-1 No score
Security update for kvm
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrates with corresponding changes in libvirt. A January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by exposing the spec-ctrl feature for all x86 vcpu types, which was the quick and dirty approach, but not the proper solution. We remove that initial patch and now rely on patches from upstream. This update defines spec_ctrl and ibpb cpu feature flags as well as new cpu models which are clones of existing models with either -IBRS or -IBPB added to the end of the model name. These new vcpu models explicitly include the new feature(s), whereas the feature flags can be added to the cpu parameter as with other features. In short, for continued Spectre v2 protection, ensure that either the appropriate cpu feature flag is added to the QEMU command-line, or one of the new cpu models is used. Although migration from older versions is supported, the new cpu features won't be properly exposed to the guest until it is restarted with the cpu features explicitly added. A reboot is insufficient.
A warning patch is added which attempts to detect a migration from a qemu version which had the quick and dirty fix (it only detects certain cases, but hopefully is helpful.)
For additional information on Spectre v2 as it relates to QEMU, see: https://www.qemu.org/2018/02/14/qemu-2-11-1-and-spectre-update/
(CVE-2017-5715 bsc#1068032)
A patch is added to continue to detect Spectre v2 mitigation features (as shown by cpuid), and if found provide that feature to guests, even if running on older KVM (kernel) versions which do not yet expose that feature to QEMU. (bsc#1082276)
Additional security fixes:
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CVE-2018-5683: An out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine was fixed which could lead to crashes or information leakage. (bsc#1076114)
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CVE-2018-7550: multiboot OOB access while loading kernel image was fixed that could lead to crashes (bsc#1083291)
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CVE-2017-18030: An out-of-bounds access in cirrus_invalidate_region routine could lead to crashes or information leakage (bsc#1076179)
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Eliminate bogus use of CPUID_7_0_EDX_PRED_CMD which we've carried since the initial Spectre v2 patch was added. EDX bit 27 of CPUID Leaf 07H, Sub-leaf 0 provides status on STIBP, and not the PRED_CMD MSR. Exposing the STIBP CPUID feature bit to the guest is wrong in general, since the VM doesn't directly control the scheduling of physical hyperthreads. This is left strictly to the L0 hypervisor.
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SUSE-SU-2018:1308-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuDebian:12 |
before 1:2.8+dfsg-4 | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
qemuDebian:13 |
before 1:2.8+dfsg-4 | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
qemuDebian:14 |
before 1:2.8+dfsg-4 | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
qemuDebian:8 From an advisory covering 52 CVEs |
before 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7, plus listed versions 1:2.1+dfsg-111:2.1+dfsg-121:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u21:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u3 Show 7 moreShow less1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u41:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u51:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u61:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1 |
1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 | 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 | 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 | 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 | 4.9.1_08-3.26.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 | 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 | 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 | 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 | 4.7.4_06-43.24.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_28-22.62.1 | 4.4.4_28-22.62.1 |
xenSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 | 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 | 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 | 4.5.5_24-22.43.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 | 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 | 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 | 4.4.4_28-61.23.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 4.2.5_21-45.19.1 | 4.2.5_21-45.19.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 4.2.5_21-45.19.1 | 4.2.5_21-45.19.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-41.37.1 | 2.6.2-41.37.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-41.37.1 | 2.6.2-41.37.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-41.37.1 | 2.6.2-41.37.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 2.6.2-41.37.1 | 2.6.2-41.37.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-60.9.1 | 1.4.2-60.9.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-60.9.1 | 1.4.2-60.9.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-53.17.1 | 1.4.2-53.17.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-53.17.1 | 1.4.2-53.17.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-53.17.1 | 1.4.2-53.17.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18030 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Qemu, published January 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-4.
References
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/15/3
securityfocus.com/bid/102520
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f153b563f8cf121aebf5a2fff5f0110faf58ccb3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18030
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f153b563f8cf121aebf5a2fff5f0110faf58ccb3
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-8v4h-p9x9-5mm5
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2017-18030
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18030
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180438-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
bugzilla.suse.com/1035442
bugzilla.suse.com/1051729
bugzilla.suse.com/1061081
bugzilla.suse.com/1067317
bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
bugzilla.suse.com/1070158
bugzilla.suse.com/1070159
bugzilla.suse.com/1070160
bugzilla.suse.com/1070163
bugzilla.suse.com/1074562
bugzilla.suse.com/1076116
bugzilla.suse.com/1076180
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15595
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17563
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17564
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17565
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17566
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18030
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5754
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5683
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180472-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180601-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1080635
bugzilla.suse.com/1080662
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180609-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180638-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1031382
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180678-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1024307
bugzilla.suse.com/1030144
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11334
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5898
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7540
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7541
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180831-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1040202
bugzilla.suse.com/1068613
bugzilla.suse.com/1070144
bugzilla.suse.com/1071228
bugzilla.suse.com/1073489
bugzilla.suse.com/1076114
bugzilla.suse.com/1076179
bugzilla.suse.com/1076775
bugzilla.suse.com/1076814
bugzilla.suse.com/1082276
bugzilla.suse.com/1083291
bugzilla.suse.com/1085598
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15119
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15124
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16845
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17381
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18043
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7550
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181077-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181308-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18030
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18030
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.