CVE-2009-3722
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 30, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 16, 2009
Description
The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9892vdb-entrysignature
- [oss-security] 20091029 CVE request: kvm: check cpl before emulating debug register accessmailing-list
- USN-864-1vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2010:198vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531660
- RHSA-2010:0126vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091029 Re: CVE request: kvm: check cpl before emulating debug register accessmailing-list
- 37221vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a79b009525b160081d75cef5dbf45817956acf2
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