CVE-2009-1242
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 6, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 6, 2009
Description
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log
- http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311
- linux-kernel-eferlme-dos(49594)vdb-entry
- 35226third-party-advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1
- 34478third-party-advisory
- 34331vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65
- FEDORA-2009-5356vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:032vendor-advisory
- 35656third-party-advisory
- 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernelmailing-list
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585
- 35120third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:031vendor-advisory
- USN-793-1vendor-advisory
- 34981third-party-advisory
- DSA-1800vendor-advisory
- 35387third-party-advisory
- DSA-1787vendor-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- [oss-security] 20090401 CVE request: kernel: KVM: VMX: Dont allow uninhibited access to EFER on i386mailing-list
- 35121third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-0924vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109
- 35394third-party-advisory
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