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CVE-2009-1242

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.


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
linux:linux_kernel linux linux kernel 2.6.29.1
opensuse:opensuse opensuse 11.1
opensuse:opensuse opensuse 11.0
debian:debian_linux debian debian linux 5.0
debian:debian_linux debian debian linux 4.0
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
fedoraproject:fedora fedoraproject fedora 10

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