The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when...
Low severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 13, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 22, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Feb 13, 2023
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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