SUSE CVE-2009-2287

The kvmarchvcpuioctlsetsregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, does not validate the page table root in a KVMSETSREGS call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service crash or hang via a crafted cr3 value, which triggers a NULL pointer...

kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set

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 KVMSETSREGS ioctl to set the X86CR4OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVMRUN ioctl...