CVE-2009-3640
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 29, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 9, 2009
Description
The update_cr8_intercept function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc1 does not properly handle the absence of an Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC), which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a call to the kvm_vcpu_ioctl function.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88c808fd42b53a7e01a2ac3253ef31fef74cb5af
- [oss-security] 20091023 CVE request: kvm: update_cr8_intercept() NULL pointer dereferencemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20091024 Re: CVE request: kvm: update_cr8_intercept() NULL pointer dereferencemailing-list
- 36805vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- kernel-updatecr8intercept-dos(53947)vdb-entry
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