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CVE-2013-0311
Published: Feb 22, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2013:0496
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2013:1187
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2013:0882
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
MDVSA-2013:176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
RHSA-2013:0928
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[oss-security] 20130219 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: vhost: fix length for cross region descriptor
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2013:0579
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912905
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.7.bz2
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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