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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2012-4461
HistoryJan 22, 2013 - 11:55 p.m.

CVE-2012-4461

2013-01-2223:55:02
web.nvd.nist.gov
6

CVSS2

1.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by using the KVM_SET_SREGS ioctl to set the X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange3.6.8
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.1
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.2
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.3
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.4
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.5
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.6
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch3.6.7
VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.1cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.2cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.3cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.4cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.5cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel3.6.7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

1.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%