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CVE-2009-2287
Published: Jul 1, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, does not validate the page table root in a KVM_SET_SREGS call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a crafted cr3 value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the gfn_to_rmap function.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
35675
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2010:198
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-807-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
36045
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
36054
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1845
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[oss-security] 20090630 CVE Request: kernel: kvm: failure to validate cr3 after KVM_SET_SREGS
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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