CWE Code: 617
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.9
CWE Name:  Reachable Assertion
Summary: 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 register (pmccntr).
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/NONE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-09-20
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-09