The vulnerability of the Linux operating system, which allows a malicious individual to increase their privileges

A local user can increase their privileges by passing a parameter vcpuid with a high value...

PT-2013-1028 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 3.12.5 Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value, specifically through an array index error in the kvm vm ioctl create vcpu function in the KVM subsystem. This can be...