CVE-2010-3698
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 26, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 1, 2010
Description
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2010:0898vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2010-18983vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-3123vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493
- ADV-2010-3321vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0842vendor-advisory
- 44500vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- MDVSA-2011:029vendor-advisory
- 42745third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879
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