The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
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21 Nov 2024, 02:19
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5 - | |
References | () http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/128427 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/7 - Exploit | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70710 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156615 - | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5 - Exploit |
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Information
Published : 2014-11-10 11:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:19
NVD link : CVE-2014-8480
Mitre link : CVE-2014-8480
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8480
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors