CVE-2009-4004
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 20, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 19, 2009
Description
Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception (MCE) banks.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc7
- 37035vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a9e38c3e01ad242fe2a625354cf065c34b01e3aa
- ADV-2009-3267vdb-entry
- kernel-kvmvcpuioctl-privilege-escalation(54302)vdb-entry
- 37357third-party-advisory
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