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CVE-2009-1242
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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.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
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General Information
Vendors
- canonical,
- debian,
- fedoraproject,
- linux,
- opensuse
Products
- debian linux 4.0,
- debian linux 5.0,
- fedora 10,
- linux kernel,
- opensuse 11.0,
- opensuse 11.1,
- ubuntu linux 6.06,
- ubuntu linux 8.04,
- ubuntu linux 8.10,
- ubuntu linux 9.04
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