FKIE_CVE-2015-0239
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-02 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:19
Severity
Summary
The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.10 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| oracle | linux | 5 | |
| oracle | linux | 7 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
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