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CVE-2012-4461

Disclosure Date: January 22, 2013
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Description

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.

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General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 3.6,
  • linux kernel 3.6.1,
  • linux kernel 3.6.2,
  • linux kernel 3.6.3,
  • linux kernel 3.6.4,
  • linux kernel 3.6.5,
  • linux kernel 3.6.6,
  • linux kernel 3.6.7
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