ghsa-vmj3-p7xv-c3c3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 05:08
Modified
2022-05-17 05:08
Details

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-4461"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-01-22T23:55:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.",
  "id": "GHSA-vmj3-p7xv-c3c3",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T05:08:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T05:08:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4461"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/100742"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=6d1068b3a98519247d8ba4ec85cd40ac136dbdf9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51160"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/06/14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56414"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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