Linux Kernel KVM 'kvm_apic_has_events()' Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the open source operating system Linux. Linux Kernel KVM has a denial of service vulnerability in the implementation of the 'kvmapichasevents' function. Allowing a remote attacker to exploit this vulnerability could crash the system...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4692

The kvmapichasevents function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call...